NFC memorabilia

NFC memorabilia

2014	Apple introduces iPhone 6 with Apple Pay using NFC technology
2013	Samsung and Visa announce major partnership to develop mobile payments
2012	Wired US is the first mass market publication to feature an NFC enabled advertisement
2012	Sony introduces the “Smart Tags”, which use NFC technology to change modes and profiles on a Sony smart phone at close range
2012	Samsung introduces TecTile, a set of NFC stickers and a companion application for Android to read and write TecTile stickers
2011	Google launches Google Wallet
2010	AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile announce Softcard (formerly Isis) mobile payments joint venture
2010	The city of Nice in Southern France launches the “Nice City of contactless mobile” project
2010	Google launches the first Android NFC phone (Nexus S)
2009	NFC Forum releases Peer-to-Peer standards
2006	Nokia launches the first NFC phone (Nokia 6131)
2006	Initial specifications for NFC Forum Tags and for “SmartPoster” records
2004	NXP Semiconductors co-founds the NFC Forum to lead the collaboration with industry stakeholders and help standardize the technology
2002	NXP Semiconductors and Sony co-invent NFC