iPhone News Updated

Can the iPhone keep its cool?

MY “When Everyone Has an iPhone, They Will Cease to Be Cool” theory is about to be put to the test.

According to All Things Digital, R.W. Baird & Co. analyst William Power says Verizon Wireless could sell 24 million iPhone 4s this year. (Verizon finally gets the iPhone on Feb. 10.)

Other analysts are estimating half that number. Power qualifies that, telling All Things Digital he’s unsure if Apple could even deliver that many iPhones to Verizon subscribers.

Sales of 24 million Verizon iPhones wouldn’t shock me–especially if reports that Verizon may allow people coming over to trade in their AT&T iPhones turn out to be true.

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iPhone 5 NFC Plans Discussed: Video

You may or may not be aware that Apple is rumoured to be looking at Near Field Communication known as NFC for their future tech gear meaning future iPhone users will be able to pay via iPhone for goods and services, presumable once the iPhone 5 launches.

And the other day Jon Rettinger of Technobuffalo spoke with CNBC about the iPhone 5 and NFC and we have that interview for your viewing pleasure below. Apparently there’s quite a bit of evidence that Apple is very interested in NFC with Apple apparently purchasing NFC related equipment, and hiring an NFC expert, and of course filing several patents for NFC.

Jon says that although Apple isn’t the first into the NFC game they do have the edge due to market penetration, and that its almost a sure thing that smartphones are going to change the way we use our wallets in the near future.

So rather than me go on about it all just jump on down and hit that play button to check out the video, and feel free to let us know if you agree that NFC is the way forward, would you be prepared to swap your credit card for mobile payment via the iPhone 5? Or do you think NFC is just a flash in the pan that will never really take off?

[Thanks: http://www.phonesreview.co.uk]