Haphophobics rejoice

GLOBAL – With all the excitement of last week’s The Way We Live Next event, an interesting titbit of news eeked out without us noticing (punish us now!). Regulars will know all about our penchant for all things touchless (and our apparent Haphophobia) so we’re treating the news as good that Visa and Nokia are working together to bring Visa payment and “payment related services” to new devices, starting with the soon to be available 6212 Classic.

ESPOO, Finland – Near Field Communications, and the whole tap-to-pay and tap-to-share concept, is an exciting twist on the mobile convergence theme. But it’s felt somewhat anonymous without an attractive flagship device to associate with it, and something to ground the concept in a day-to-day reality.