Near-Field

It includes a chip and internal antenna enabling what's called Near-Field Communication, or NFC, which allows the wireless sharing of data over very short distances.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

Near-Field Communication can beam and receive information from up to 4 inches away -- and both the iPad 2 and the next version of ATT's iPhone will likely be equipped with it.

REPORT: Apple Plans Service That Lets Users Pay With iPhones The Huffington Post 2011

It utilizes Bluetooth capabilities alongside Near-Field Communications and wifi to offer you a variety of information.

Steve Rosenbaum: SXSW: The Heart of the Realtime Revolution Steve Rosenbaum 2011

In recent times we've seen the move to NFC or Near-Field Contactless credit cards.

Brett King: The iPhone5 Debit Card - Coming soon? Brett King 2010

It utilizes Bluetooth capabilities alongside Near-Field Communications and wifi to offer you a variety of information.

Steve Rosenbaum: SXSW: The Heart of the Realtime Revolution Steve Rosenbaum 2011

In recent times we've seen the move to NFC or Near-Field Contactless credit cards.

Brett King: The iPhone5 Debit Card - Coming soon? Brett King 2010

In recent times we've seen the move to NFC or Near-Field Contactless credit cards.

Brett King: The iPhone5 Debit Card - Coming soon? Brett King 2010

In recent times we've seen the move to NFC or Near-Field Contactless credit cards.

Brett King: The iPhone5 Debit Card - Coming soon? Brett King 2010

In recent times we've seen the move to NFC or Near-Field Contactless credit cards.

Brett King: The iPhone5 Debit Card - Coming soon? Brett King 2010

Among the Galaxy Nexus's new feature are face recognition, allowing users to unlock their phones simply by looking at the phone's front camera, a redesigned interface, an improved keyboard and a new application using Near-Field Communications NFC that lets two Android handsets share content directly.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Matt Warman 2011