[img]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/nexus-s-rear.jpg
[/img]Well, color us surprised. Just last Wednesday, Samsung announced
that it had developed its very own NFC module in-house, but today
we're learning that it came just a few months too late for inclusion
in the outfit's forthcoming Nexus S. Right on cue, NXP Semiconductors
has come forward today proclaiming its involvement in the first
handset to ship with Android 2.3. The outfit's PN544 NFC controller
and accompanying open source software stack will be used in the Nexus
S, and naturally they've both been "fully integrated and validated on
Gingerbread." Of course, only time will tell what sort of applications
spring up to take advantage, but we've got a feeling that metro
payments and the like could be first in line. Nice of America to
finally catch up, right?
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