Nokia to work with the Angry Birds developer to develop near-field communication technology

Nokia said it would work with the Angry Birds developer Rovio to develop near-field communications (NFC) technology, Beijing time on the morning of May 3. Sixten Sandstroem, Nokia's manager for near-field communications operations, said Nokia would upgrade Symbian systems over the next few months to support near-field communications technology and Seksten Sandstrom in C7 smartphones. C7 will be the first Nokia mobile phone to fully integrate near-field communications technology.

Richard Clemmer, chief executive of NXP Semiconductor, a near-field communications chip maker, said it expected to have 70 million devices to support near-field communications technology this year. As one of the pioneers of the field, Nokia is likely to be overtaken by rivals such as Google.

"C7 is just the beginning," says Sandstrom. We want to build an open ecosystem, which means we will work with reliable service providers and credit card companies. ”

Nokia will launch a smartphone with a Microsoft Windows Phone 7 system in 2012, but Nokia is still planning to sell 150 million handsets using Symbian systems. Ms. Kramer predicts that by 2013, sales of equipment supporting near-field communications will reach 300 million units.

Near-field communication technology can be complementary with Bluetooth. In the future, a Bluetooth connection can be started or stopped as long as two devices that support near-field communications technology are near, which is simpler than the current one.

Rovio is currently planning to launch a "angry Bird" that supports near-field communications technology. "Angry Birds: Magic" will provide more than 20 new scenarios, and users can initially use only 5 of them. Users can unlock the remaining checkpoints only if they find other players using near-field communications handsets.

"We will use the power of our brand to push nearly field communications to more users and help users understand near-field communications technology," said Rovio, a marketing manager at Mashu Wilson Matthew Wilson. This will not be profitable at first, but we want to be involved in the process. ”