HTC Trademarks “CloseConnect”, Getting Closer To NFC?

                                      

It looks like HTC still has their heart set on getting NFC functionality working on their devices.  The Taiwanese giant just recently trademarked CloseConnect, which appears to be a wireless communication technology geared for several pieces of hardware.  Check out the description below:

Computer hardware and software for setting up, configuring, and administering wireless networks; Computer application software for mobile phones, cellular phones, smartphones, PDAs, and tablet computers used to connect to other mobile devices; Computer software for mobile phones, cellular phones, smartphones, PDAs, and tablet computers used for the collection, editing, organizing, modifying, book marking, transmission, storage and sharing of data and information; Computer application software for mobile phones, cellular phones, smartphones, PDAs, and tablet computers used to manage near field communication technology features on those devices; Computer software for setting up, configuring, and administering peer-to-peer networks and local peer-to-peer networks.

According to the description, it’s clear what HTC’s intent is.  ”…used to manage near field communication technology…”  Hey, we’ll take it.  It will also be interesting to see what else the company does with the combination of software and hardware.  The technology will be aimed for a number of devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers.  Imagine an HTC Sensation-like device with NFC?  Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below.