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GENTAG Announces First Fully Integrated NFC Cell Phone for Consumer Diagnostics and Social Networks Apps

Low-cost cell phone will be about one-fourth the cost of a current smart NFC cell phone

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

GENTAG, Inc. and its partners announced the commercial availability of a low-cost near field communication (NFC) cell phone for RFID sensor applications, including consumer diagnostics. The technology integrates NXP’s PN544 NFC IC technology with the full open ISO NFC spectrum and was co-developed in Asia in collaboration with NXP and other partners. It is directly compatible with the disposable NFC sensors and devices produced by GENTAG and therefore can be “bundled” with ...

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