NFC = Near Field Communication.
Here is a very good article and QuickCast about NFC, by VDC Research.
http://vdcresearch.com/_Documents/tracks/t1v1brief-2658.pdf?bms.tk=jbKw21Vy30Rr33Pw26Jz17Er20jc
http://vdcresearch.com/landing/aidc/NFC_Adoption_Outlook_QC.aspx?bms.tk=jbKw21Vy30Rr33Qx26Eu17Gt20jc
Basically, VDC is explaining that we should not target contactless payment applications right now, but firstly all the NFC niche markets like device pairing, information exchange,...
An other key point: APAC is more and more the early adopter for new technology.
Personnaly, I am 100 % in line with VDC opinion about NFC.
Pierre
apparently iPhone 5 will have NFC this was hinted at recently by Mastercard CEO.
Thank you for this interesting comment.
Such event would surely be a strong trigger for NFC, and there are already BlackBerry smart phones NFC enabled.
The VDC article is mainly focusing on the fact that applicatins like peer to peer, device pairing, smart posters should take off before payment.
For payment, there is often the confusion between micro payment and banking EMV payment...