“Analyst Brian White with Ticonderoga Securities issued a note to investors on Thursday from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider. “He noted that there has been a rising interest in near-field communications (NFC) at this year’s show.”
“White said that his sources have indicated to him that the next iPhone will include NFC technology,” Hughes reports. “However, Apple’s approach will reportedly have ‘a twist that will make it unique versus his peers.’ White did not give any indication as to what the ‘twist’ could be.”
Hughes reports, “Last November, one rumor claimed that Apple could use NFC technology in both its future iPhones and Macs to allow RFID-enabled ‘remote computing.r It was said the rumored technology would allow users to securely turn a nearby Mac into their own personal computer, complete with custom settings, personal passwords, and even desktop backgrounds.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Judge Bork” for the heads up.]
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A zesty lime rather than a tired lemon or dull orange?
What, it has an Apple twist? Kinky…..
You just made me kind’ve thirsty.
kind of- not kind’ve, which would be a contraction for kind have. You just made me kind have thirsty?
Just a grammar tip.
seriously? you are going to be the grammar police? seriously?
I had something similar at Sun 10 years ago. And how many folks carry around Linux distros on flash drives for this purpose? This isn’t a new idea… but leave it to Apple to make money on it.
actually quite a lot different as pressing a button on your iphone would automatically log you into your “cloud” based desktop served up fresh from NC. No USB key. No limit on storage. Zero config on the users part. Like every Mac in the world was a terminal on your network.
Star Trek
I could never imagine PC’s running the star ship Enterprise. OSX/iOS/Apple is obviously the future.
Yup, very much like the old SunRay distributed system. It used a smart card instead of a mobile phone, but the concept is the same. All the data was stored on a large server on the network. “The Network is the Computer” has just been updated to “The Cloud”.
I’ll have a Tanguery martini with a twist….
I thought a Mac Twist was a snowboarding move?
Less vermouth please.
Just give me the gin.
…and a Stoli and tonic for meeee…
Blue or red?
You know me. Purple.
Throw in a little Campari.
Chubby Checker’s attorney would like you all to stop using the term ‘Twist’ please.
I recently met Chubby (we’re on first name basis you know) at a charity event. Nice enough fellow and doesn’t look his age. He did a bit of twisting. Can’t say much about his Chubby Checkers Chocolate bars. In fact, they were pretty nasty.
But he wanted everybody to do it….twice! (1960 and 1962)
NFC/RFID? That soon? Maybe till iPhone 6.
RFID is huge its been developing for a number of years but is not yet widespread beyond inventory type and other commercial applications. This is a breakthrough to the mainstream consumer world by Apple and judjing from the past, it will make a big mark.
A Mac twist is Rotini and Cheddar!
Bombay & tonic with a twist…nice
The twist being wireless syncing!!!!
Would National Enquirer publish these photos? Steve would change the world once again and again and again!