—Will Apple integrate RFID into next-gen iPhones?: One of the features of the next-generation iPhone may be RFID, which would enable the phone and a card reader to communicate when in close proximity. The technology would allow the phones to open doors, ride the subway or be used as a traditional barcode scanner. Word is that Apple is not considering Near-field communications because Nokia (NYSE: NOK) owns too many related patents. [The Christian Science Monitor.]

—Nintendo dismisses looming iPhone competition: Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s president said he’s not competing with Apple despite Apple’s insistence that it is taking on the portable gaming space. Nintendo is expected to launch an entirely new hand-held platform in 2010, which may have bigger screens or have a slimmer model. “If we can’t make clear why customers pay a lot of money to play games on Nintendo hardware and Nintendo software and differentiate ourselves from games on the mobile phone or iPhone, then our future is dark,” Iwata said. [The WSJ.]