Hello,

I was wondering if the N9 ever will support NFC payments. It seems it will come down to the following:

NFC needs a protocol to do a secure transaction. This is called Secure Wireless Protocol, SWP.

Both the C7 and the N9 are launched, and Nokia said they will never support NFC payments. I don't know the chipsets in the N9 and the C7, so I can't tell the differences. Anyway, I don't know if SWP is a hardware or a software protocol.

On some places I readed Meego Harmatten does support SWP. And if it doesn't, someone in the community will create it.

But now this. Nokia said some time ago the C7 will support NFC payments, starting from April this year. And remember, in the start of both phones they said they would never support it.

So why am I so optimistic about NFC payments? Well, not only because it is easy. The N9 is a expensive phone, and should be made somewhat futureproof. Lots of experts say NFC will be a big payment method in 2013/2014. And if I spent like $600 on a new phone that has NFC, but doesn't support the thing it is actually meant for, that will be very disappointing.

Can someone clear this one up?