According to an article on NFC World, Morgan Stanley has issued a statement saying they believe Apple will incorporate NFC into the new iPhone 6 and that the provider will be NXP.  Of course, even if Apple does finally break down and include NFC in an iPhone, in true Apple form I'm guessing it will be locked down and probably only used for payments.  While Android users can use NFC with NFC Tags to do all kinds of cool automation, the iPhone system doesn't really lend itself to any type of automation and customization so it remains to be seen if there will be other benefits to NFC on the iPhone than just mobile payments.  Stay tuned to find out....  You can read the full article on NFC World HERE.

There's a new concept in NFC that's been all the rage on the Android news sites lately - it's called Dimple.  And it's a quite simple, yet brilliant idea.  Rather than having NFC Tags that you tap to make something happen - why not have several NFC Chips attached to one antenna that can all be attached to your phone and you simply press a "dimple" button that then engages that chip to trigger something on your phone.  It basically gives you 2 or 4 extra phone buttons that can be programmed by you to do just about anything you want.  The only drawback, if there is one, is that the buttons must be placed where they can interact with your phone's NFC.  But for most people this would be a large area of the back of their phone which is the most likely place to put the extra buttons anyway since the screen takes up all the front real estate.  Also, HTC One M8 users can't really make use of dimple because the metal body design required the NFC antenna to be put around the camera so the only way a dimple would work is if it covered the camera.  If the basic concept of Dimple wasn't enough, they also made sure it had Tasker integration - something a true Android fan will love.  Overall, I'm excited about this idea and eager to see how the general Android public adopts it.