As the debate over whether Apple will put an NFC chip inside iPhone 5 continues, a new report hints at interesting possible uses that go beyond contactless payments. Specifically, an iPhone 5 with this chip could double as a portable login system allowing you to run your purchased Mac App Store applications on a guest Mac system as well as access, edit and save your documents remotely via the MobileMe cloud, an unnamed insider told Leander Kahney in an exclusive Cult of Mac story:
There’s a high likelihood that something like this could be in the works at some point in the future knowing Apple had originally been mulling a similar feature for Mac OS X Panther.
It was to be called Home on iPod and designed to let you store contents of your home directory on an iPod.
Apple had even been advertising the feature on its homepage until they abruptly canceled it last minute without explanation.
- iPhone 5 will feature NFC after all, says Forbes’ source (9to5mac.com)
- Apple reportedly tells carriers iPhone 5 won’t have NFC (9to5mac.com)
- iPhone 5 prototypes spotted: metal back, larger display, iPhone 4 shape? (9to5mac.com)
