Nokia is encouraging developers to create Symbian and MeeGo apps with NFC. With the largest portfolio of NFC devices, NFC’s cool factor goes well beyond mobile payments. With the launch of its three new Symbian Belle devices, Nokia brings its total number of phones with NFC (near-field communication) technology inside to six, making its NFC-supporting efforts the largest of any manufacturer’s so far.
Nokia also opened its Qt SDK to developers interested in developing with NFC for the Symbian and MeeGo platforms. While NFC-based financial transactions alone are expected to reach $670 billion by 2015 — denoting major usership — Symbian and MeeGo are not the easiest sells. To nudge things along — and give developers and consumers alike a few ideas about the ways NFC might be put to use — Nokia released a little video.
With pairs of devices leaning toward each other in a rather sweetly romantic way, Nokia emphasizes how NFC can be used to complement devices with accessories, such as speakers, share data between devices, download information (restaurant menus, movie times or trailers) from an NFC tag and support gaming innovations.
“What’s even more exciting, you can play multiplayer games, like Angry Birds Magic, with your friends,” Nokia’s Heidi posted on the Conversations Blog.
Finally, NFC, moving beyond the stats and technical talk, is starting to look cool.
