Sony Ericsson have posted up a video on their YouTube channel showing the funky new NFC tags that are to come bundled with the Sony Xperia S smartphone in action. NFC stands for ‘nearfield communication’ and is a form of technology that allows communication between devices by swiping or touching them.

Four NFC tags are to be included with the Xperia S and will come in black, white, red and blue colours. Each tag can then be used in a different situation/location for example (as shown in the video) one tag in the car, one for the workplace, one for home and one for bedtime. The tags can then be configured to change settings on the Xperia S, or open apps by touching the phone to the tag. For example, you could set up one tag, which can be hung or attached to a keyring, in the car that on touching the Xperia S to the tag, automatically switches on GPS, Bluetooth and Google Navigation on the phone making it ideally ready for use in a car setting.

Automatically start events with a simple touch the video tells us. Seems like the future of smartphones in the hands of Sony is getting so much closer, as you can see yourself in the video after the jump:

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