Sony Ericsson to use NXP’s NFC Solution for its Android-based Smartphones

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Sony Ericsson to use NXP’s NFC Solution for its Android-based Smartphones

One of the interesting improvements found in newest version of Android for smartphones, NFC support, has yet to popularize itself as the only device with such chip on-board is the Google’s own Nexus S. Although Sony Ericsson has already used this kind of solution on their Japanese model, Xperia Acro, they have now made NXP their official NFC chip supplier.

“This latest move from Sony Ericsson is another proof point of the strong momentum and potential of NFC,” said Rick Clemmer, president and CEO, NXP Semiconductors. “Based on continued strong customer endorsements we have the opportunity to increase the sales of our NFC products 2-4 times as a percentage of total NXP revenue in the second half of 2011 from the approximately one percent it represents today. NFC offers a game-changing opportunity for mobile phone manufacturers to provide creative and innovative smartphones to their customers.”

NFC (or Near Field communication) is a wireless standard used to exchange information between devices. Although it is mostly used for purchasing of goods, it can also be used for transfer of secure information just by touching two NFC-enabled devices together. Latest statistics show that over 100 million people use this feature worldwide, but only 3.5 million of them use this technology outside of the U.S. Could Sony Ericsson promote the use of NFC-enabled technology? We will soon find out.

[via NXP.com]

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The Xperia Play aka the PlayStation Phone has undoubtedly been the most leaked handset of the last year, indeed perhaps of any year. I was recently discussing the situation and an interesting question arose: do these leaks make you more or less interested in the handset?

Whilst we all love to see leaks and know what is coming up, does the sheer scope of the Xperia Play leak mean that when it is released there will actually be less interest in the handset? Looked at from a certain angle one could say that given all that has already leaked about it there isn’t much Sony Ericsson can do to make the announcement exciting. How long can interest be maintained in a handset that we already know so much about?

On the other hand there are those who say that these leaks have really whetted their appetite for the handset. There is also the point to consider that the frequent leaks have given the handset tremendous exposure in the press, perhaps far more than it might otherwise have received. Indeed given the build up it seems pretty certain that most eyes at MWC will be firmly trained on the Sony Ericsson booth to see the handset in the flesh.

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