The iPhone will be introduced RFID reader technology support

Apple Insider It announces that the new iPhone prototype will be built in support of reading RFID tags. RFID reader technology (RFID) enables the device to detect embedded chips in nearby objects without the need for direct contact with them. According to some reports, Apple management has already applied for a patent on the application ID App for the use of radio frequency identification sensor.

With support for the new iPhone technology for its users to have access to a variety of "non-contact capabilities" such as scanning for payments. In this case, an iPhone owner could pay for purchases at the box office or at the vending machine, simply hold the phone to a reader. By the same token an iPhone user would get the desired information from the information terminal, or by reading it directly from the object. Reader RFID tags as plannedIt must be integrated into the touch screen device.

At the moment, the cost of RFID chips is very small - only a few cents. This means the possibility of their use for a wide variety of purposes. For example, the goods in the stores are equipped with chips so that they can be controlled on the basis of barcode libraries so watch the books, in agriculture - cattle control. But in the army, schools and amusement parks sometimes read RFID technology applied to humans.

As for Apple's, the company will surely get a lot of benefits by implementing this technology into their devices. This will not only simplify the work with the iTunes service, which is used by people in 23 countries, but also to use the device or the player in a variety of other applications.

The truth will probably be the mass protests that many are convinced that RFID is a flagrant violation of the right to privacy.