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I am currently developing a Windows CE 6.5 application which runs on Unitech's PA690 RFID Reader device, which hosts BizTalk RFID Mobile 2010 to connect with a BizTalk RFID 2010 Server located at the POS.

Here is the URL to the PA690 RFID device:

I now require that the app be ported to Windows Phone 7.

My first obstacle is to convert a Windows Phone 7 to an RFID reader device using some kind of passive bluetooth/NFC enabled adaptor OR use an active RFID reader device that runs the same OS as that in a Windows Phone 7 [The 7 series]

Is there an adaptor/hardware device that can be plugged into Windows Phone 7 to turn it into an RFID reader OR is there an RFID Reader available in the market that runs Windows Phone OS ver. 7.X ?

Dijkgraaf
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Bathla
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    This is a hardware question, not a programming question, and is off-topic here. Voting to close for that reason. The [FAQ](http://stackoverflow.com/faq) has the guidelines about the types of questions that are appropriate to ask here. Please try and stay within them. Thanks. – Ken White Sep 20 '12 at 20:11

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To answer your question, you cannot do that with the available stock hardware/SDK resources, since:

  • There is no publicly supported Bluetooth Channel API

  • Windows Phone 7 does not have NFC capabilities.

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