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One of the lesser known predictions of the Mayan calendar foretells
that 2011 will be the year of NFC. The contactless communications
stuff looks to be building all kinds of stream in the Western world,
but don't lose faith in your current smartphone if it doesn't already
have it. Japanese carrier Softbank has responded to complaints about
the iPhone 4's NFC deficit -- the FeliCa payment system is pretty
popular over in the land of sumo, sushi and sun-rising -- by
introducing a new "seal" for the back of Apple's latest and greatest.
It sticks on, covering almost the entire rear, but is apparently thin
enough not to get in the way of using one of Apple's own Bumpers
alongside it. From our reading of the press release, the sticker
doesn't actually communicate with the iPhone, it's just a dumb NFC
card, but hey, other people don't need to know that when you're
swiping payments with your phone, now do they? On sale in February at
a price of ¥2,980 ($36).
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