The first NFC capable handset from Nokia was made official, just hours after an accidental leak on Nokia's Finnish website. In the past Nokia had stated that they would be launching this Near Field Communication capability on their upcoming smartphones, but one would have guessed that it would feature on some of their higher end devices. However, good things can also come within smaller budgets, and this seems to have been Nokia's plan, too, as they have officially unveiled their first Windows Phone handset with NFC capabilities and the lucky smartphone that receives this feature is their Lumia 610.“On the technical side, Nokia did this by adding an NFC software stack on top of the Windows Phone platform. The necessary NFC hardware was added into this version of the Lumia 610.”

Here is a quick rundown on the specifications of the Nokia Lumia 610:

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