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I know what NFC is. I know how easy it is to implement and how cheap it is (I have two dev boards myself). I was making a joke. My point was that after Apple releases something, many competitors often follow the same path, even though said technology has been available for years, the difference being that once Apple puts it together in a usable way and adds good software on top, others decide they need to implement the same thing. Was 2010 the year when a thin, ARM based tablet computer finally became technically feasible? Of course not. But when Apple released the iPad, the rest of the world rushed to follow their example (including BlackBerry and HP).

In any case, let's come back in half a year or a year and see how other companies have responded to what, if anything Apple releases next week.