{"id":2025,"date":"2012-11-13T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T10:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:17:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:17:05","slug":"ios-6-devices-could-use-an-nfc-dongle-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/ios-6-devices-could-use-an-nfc-dongle-video\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 6 Devices Could Use an NFC Dongle (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb10\">If you recall, Apple decided to give a miss to implementing NFC (Near Field Communication) on their devices due to a number of factors which did include some security concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">For many iPhone fans they wanted to see NFC on the launch of the iPhone 5 but didn&#8217;t get that feature, so one company by the name of <strong>Flomio<\/strong> will be giving developers the chance to build NFC apps on iOS devices with their new platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">The NFC dongle which goes by the name of a <strong>FloJack<\/strong> (we have included an image of the device below) will be able to communicate wirelessly with other devices around it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2026\" title=\"flojack\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/flojack.jpg\" alt=\"flojack\" width=\"395\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/flojack.jpg 500w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/flojack-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/flojack-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2026 lazyload\" title=\"flojack\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20395%20395%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"flojack\" width=\"395\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20395%20395%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/flojack.jpg 500w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/flojack-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/flojack-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/flojack.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Flomio has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/flomio\/flojack-nfc-for-ipad-and-iphone?ref=live\">Kickstarter campaign to raise $80,000<\/a> and so far successfully made&nbsp; <strong>$20,932<\/strong> with 13 days to go, a total of 299 backers (Will you be the 300?).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">It has already been picked up by media sources and big tech sites such as Mashable, GizMag, and SlashGear, so it will be interesting to see if Flomio can make that $80,000 goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Here is a video of the FloJack in action:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoNby05A7Ak\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you recall, Apple decided to give a miss to implementing NFC (Near Field Communication) on their devices due 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