150 includes a processing unit 152 which is coupled to a storage unit such as a memory module 154 a display 156 a camera 158 an second nfc controller 160 a second nfc antenna 162 and wireless module 164 the cover 170 includes a first nfc controller 172 coupled to a first antenna 174 it should be noted that in some embodiments the cover 170 may be a decorative protective cover for the portable electronic device 150 as such the cover 170 may be removably coupled to the backside of the device 150 various covers may be embedded with different nfc tags for activating different functions on the portable electronic device 150 the user may choose a cover 170 from various covers and attach the chosen cover on the portable electronic device 150 for activation of a desired function on the portable electronic device 150 by the nfc tag embedded on the cover 170 in operation the wireless module 164 is used to connect to a network e g a wireless and or wired network the wireless module 164 may use one or more of various configurations and or protocols such as wifi gsm cdma and gprs and 3g networks such as w cdma edge or cdma2000 as well.