Interesting article posted today on appleinsider.com pointing out that Apple has filed a patent on using a RFID reader in a touchscreen device. However it doesn’t guarantee that you will see a RFID reader in a consumer’s iphone.
There are other reasons why apple might have filed the patent. The most obvious one for me is to exploited the business need for mobile devices.
As I have said in the past once I see cool apps using NFC in mobiles phones I will start believing the rumors about RFID in Iphone.
