User Manual

Overview

■ NFC reader and writer

Nokia NFC shell for payment and ticketing contains the

NFC reader and writer that enables you to read tags and to

write into them with your Nokia 3220 phone. The NFC

reader and writer is located inside the lower part of the

back cover of the shell (dark area in the picture).

Note: The Nokia NFC shell for payment and

ticketing is only compatible with the Nokia 3220 phone. Do not

try to use it with other phones.

The NFC reader and writer in the Nokia NFC shell for payment

and ticketing takes its power from the phone battery. Using the

RFID reader may slightly increase the phone battery

consumption.

■ What are RFID and NFC?

RFID

RFID technology use radio waves to automatically identify individual

objects. The most common method is to store a serial number that

identifies the object on an RFID tag, and attach the tag to the object.

The RFID tag is able to transmit the information it contains to an RFID

reader device. The RFID reader is a short-range device (reading range

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