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Last week I eagerly published an article that referenced a piece I read on NFC World that said Anssi Vanjoki told a room full of people that all Nokia smartphones would get NFC in 2011. I had my doubts as to whether or not that statement was correct, and I went ahead and pinged Nokia’s press folks, but of course they hate my guts as much as Steve Jobs hates Gizmodo … and with that my request for truth went unanswered.
That is until I read a piece on Light Reading earlier today that said, and I quote:
“Vanjoki didn’t say NFC would be in all smartphones, as most reported, but that Nokia would start to incorporate the technology into its Symbian^4 portfolio next year.”
I immediately pinged the author of that piece, and she was nice enough to tell me that her source of the above statement came from a Nokia spokesman.
So there you go. Sorry I got your panties all wet. NFC has been a technology that has been giving me half mast for a while now, so my eagerness to believe Anssi’s statement got the best of me.
Damn you Anssi.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
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