[habosa]

That's real perseverance, way to hold out. In 2012 I also thought NFC was just about the coolest thing ever when I got my Galaxy Nexus. I started working at night with a friend on an NFC rewards system for Android and was really passionate about it. I was sure that the upcoming iPhone 5 would definitely have NFC support. Why would it not?

Anyway when it came out and had no NFC support I just stopped working on my side project. I know this is not at all on the scale of your story (mine was a few hours a week, this was your life) but I can relate.

Anyway I'm glad Apple went ahead and "invented" NFC again, because the tech is awesome and I'd like to see it wide spread.