Much awaited Nokia 6131 NFC phone released

Click here to read the full story >> Nokia recently announced the 6131 NFC phone, the first integrated NFC handset that will (operators willing) be available to the public. NFC stands for Near Field Communications and it's a short-range wireless technology which creates a kind of handshake when you phone is bought in to contact with a compatible device.

This technology allows consumers to use to phone for small purchases - so soon your Nokia 6131 NFC could be buying your coffee, paying for your tube tickets or exchanging business card and other information. It’s a simple Series 40 phone, not a high-end smartphone, but these features add up to a respectable and hopefully cheap device.

It supports Java MIDP 2.0, Bluetooth and EDGE, all of which should make application development with NFC that much easier.

Here is the press release and here is a quick video from Your tube.