We are beginning to see RFID and NFC peripherals beginning to be released for the iPhone. Since our conceptual video prototype of the iPhone object-based media came out in April, we’ve had thousands of emails requesting details about such a peripheral. Here is the first, the iCarte.
“The iCarteTM is a Near Field Communication (NFC) / Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Reader, designed to provide NFC two-way communication, RFID read/write and contactless payment capability for the iPhone. NFC and RFID tag information can be written and read by the iCarteTM and communicated to the iPhone or to any Computer with a USB port. iCarteTM has an embedded smart-chip that can be configured as debit, credit, pre-paid and loyalty cards, for secure contactless transactions. iCarteTM can also read NFC Smart Posters, download or upload electronic coupons, tickets or receipts. iCarteTM is ideal for iPhone users who want to use their iPhones for fast and secure contactless payments, transit payments, loyalty rewards, checking balances, top-up, discovering new services from smart posters or kiosks and exchanging information with other NFC phones. Business iPhone users can use the iCarteTM for commercial applications such as asset tracking, document tracking, healthcare, security and access control.”
I’ve also heard rumours that Core RFID is about to have a reader available for the iPhone, and we’ll flag that up here as soon as we hear anything more.
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Hello,
Can your ICARTE TM redaer for iphone read a passive (RFID) radio-tab low frequency?
If it is positive, i’m french and i want to buy this ICarte Tm reader. How much is it ?
Thank you
Hello,
By next month our company (www.nextpoints.com) will be selling iCarte in Europe.
There is really great expectation for iPhone users!
Kind regards.
When RFID is combine with GPS the I guess there’s no more private lives :)
If you want to use iPhone to do the RFID and NFC application of iCarte, please don’t hesitate to contact me. jason.feng@wongswec.com