Teams up with INSIDE Contactless to help developers write software for a broad range of NFC-enabled handsets.
The platform is called Celsius for Wave-Me, and combines Mobile Distillery’s Celsius production framework with INSIDE's Wave-Me service engine.
It creates applications that can read either QR Code (visual 2D bar code tags) or traditional NFC tags depending on the capabilities of the target handset. The ultimate aim is to give subscribers easy access to touch-based NFC services.
“Along with our Wave-Me services platform for carriers and third-party service providers, the Celsius for Wave-Me will be a key component of the NFC ecosystem,” said Loic Hamon, vice-president of marketing, NFC Business Line at INSIDE Contactless.
“It’ll provide a platform that NFC application developers can use to efficiently address the diversity of handsets on the market today and in the future. We look forward to working with Mobile Distillery as we take this important step forward in the NFC market.”
A beta release Celsius NFC for Wave-Me is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2010 for selected partners. The licence will be free for the development stage of any project, and will be updated to include new NFC phones, additional NFC stickers and add-ons as they become available.
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