Fresh from Nokia today is the Nokia 6212 classic, a 3G offering featuring integrated Near Field Communication (NFC). Basically NFC allows you to share content, access services and information as well as conduct payments and ticketing with a bare minimum of fuss.
A simple example of how this works on a practical level that Nokia gives is that you could tap your handset with someone else’s NFC capable handset in order to send a picture or a business card. The function can also be used to receive and send other larger types of content such as audio and video files.
Mobile payments are a breeze too apparently as you can store your credit card details on the device and via a subscription service (and the installation of an appropriate secure application) you can use the NFC function to make payments and buy things like tickets without any bothersome queueing.
But it’s not just the NFC stuff that makes the Nokia 6212 classic a pretty groovy handset. It also comes with a 2 megapixel camera, 2-inch QVGA display, stereo FM radio, music player and microSD memory card support for up to 4GB. Almost makes up for the device’s distinctly unexciting candybar design.
The Nokia 6212 classic is expected to start shipping this summer here in Europe with an estimated retail price of 200 Euros (about £160) before taxes and subsidies.
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