RFID News Roundup

InvoTech launches wireless handheld RFID solution for linens, uniforms; RAND Corp. publishes EC-funded report on RFID’s environmental impact and use in recycling; Montie Design releases portable RFID Field Detector; Merrick opens subsidiary in Oslo, Norway, to serve Europe’s oil and gas industry; Altierre unveils e-paper product line of digital price tags, signs; French agency releases study on supermarket pricing errors.

Can All Mobile Phones Read an RFID Tag?

Are there some models that still do not have that capability? And if so, when will all phones be thus equipped? —Name withheld ——— Not all phones can read a radio frequency identification tag. The handset must have a built-in Near Field Communication (NFC) device for...