2012 May be the Year of NFC

The adoption of a new technology is a complicated one. Even apparent overnight successes like the iPad (introduced April 2010) may be seen as part of a larger and longer process like tablet computer adoption which had a decade long history preceding the iPad.

So, what are we to make of NFC (Near Field Communications) which provides short range wireless data interchange for tasks such as e-commerce and data exchange? The Nexus S Android phone was the first device most of us heard of with NFC built-in.

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