Android
June 20th, 2011
US smartphone owners want Apple and Google to provide their NFC wallets
A survey of more than 1,000 US smartphone owners has found that Apple and Google top the list of the companies most trusted to provide them with a mobile wallet. "Smartphone owners in this study... More
June 17th, 2011
Nokia and Jiepang demo NFC check-ins
Nokia has teamed up with China's leading location-based service Jiepang to demonstrate NFC social check-in services. Visitors to the Apps@Smartphone Asia Expo in Hong Kong this week can interact with a Jiepang poster which has... More
June 17th, 2011
Huawei U8650NFC ‘Sonic’ Android phone on its way
The new NFC phone, Huawei's first, is believed to be a sub-US$200 device running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. More
June 16th, 2011
Sony Ericsson to launch range of Android NFC phones
The handset maker has picked NXP to supply it with embedded secure elements and NFC controllers to go into its Android-based Xperia smartphones. More
June 13th, 2011
Google Wallet “is one of the biggest investments we’ve made at Google for a very long time”
"Larry and Eric personally convinced me" to make the move to Google, Osama Bedier, the company's VP of payments, has told NFC World as he set out Google's commitment to building an NFC platform that is open to all — and revealed that Google Wallet will eventually be able to hold keys, ID credentials and driving licenses. More
June 9th, 2011
Korean coffee chain introduces NFC loyalty stamps
Korean coffee shop chain Caffé Bene has become the first merchant to introduce an NFC-based coupon system that provides customers with a loyalty 'stamp' each time they visit, Korea Times reports. The Olleh Stamp system has been... More
June 8th, 2011
FaceCash adds NFC to barcode payments system
Mobile payments provider Think Computer has added NFC support to its FaceCash Wallet mobile barcode payment system. FaceCash is based on the idea of combining barcodes and an image of the user. Retailers equipped with suitable scanners... More
May 30th, 2011
NFC news in brief • 30 May 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Identive, NXP sign VAR deal • Huawei planning NFC phones? • Vodacom looks to NFC • NFC domain names on Ebay • US banks debut P2P payments • Samsung smashes Galaxy sales record • US theme park to offer next-gen shopping experience • Rhodes framework adds NFC support • and more... More
May 27th, 2011
Paypal sues Google, Bedier and Tilenius over NFC wallet plans
Paypal has filed suit against Google, two top Google Wallet executives and 50 others for breach of confidence and misappropriating trade secrets. More
May 26th, 2011
‘Google Wallet’ to go live on 1 September
More details of Google's new NFC service are becoming available, but it's still not clear what business model the company has created for its Google Wallet service. More
May 26th, 2011
Heads up: What to look for in Google’s NFC mobile payments announcement
The internet giant is set to announce its NFC mobile payments strategy at noon on 26 May in New York. Here are the key things to look for to work out if the company's strategy will succeed — and what it means for the payments industry, the mobile network operators, phone manufacturers, the firm's competitors and the future of Google's own advertising business. More
May 24th, 2011
Google and Sprint to launch NFC payments this week?
Google is set to launch an NFC mobile payments service in conjunction with mobile network operator Sprint on May 26, according to a Bloomberg news report. More
May 23rd, 2011
NFC news in brief • 23 May 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Twitter and Docomo add 'touch and follow' • Doubletwist shares songs with NFC • Airtag offers P2P loyalty • Lifera and Taztag tie up • Lockitron opens doors with NFC • DPT unveils NFC-enabled car park pay machine • SK C&C USA rebrands as CorFire • Bayer puts antennas into decorative films • Mobey Forum expands • and much more... More
May 17th, 2011
NFC news in brief • 17 May 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: US files lawsuit against Verifone/Hypercom deal • iPhone 5 unlikely to support NFC payments, says analyst • 'Paper' phone unveiled • Vivotech adds NFC to mag stripe terminals • Hashable adds NFC to contacts app • Sequent raises funds • Connecthings invests in Lifera • and more... More
May 11th, 2011
Google raises concerns over the viability of NFC card emulation mode for mobile payments
"I'd love to see peer-to-peer used for payment," Google's Nick Pelly told a packed audience at the I/O conference's 'How to NFC' session, as he responded to questions regarding the future of mobile payments on Android devices. More
May 11th, 2011
Google: “Dozens of NFC phones in the pipeline for 2011″
Google's Nick Pelly told delegates at Google I/O today that "dozens of NFC phones are in the pipeline" for later this year. Answering a question at the end of the 'How to NFC' session about... More
May 9th, 2011
Google and Foursquare offer NFC check-ins at I/O event
Delegates attending the Google I/O developer conference in California this week will be able to check in to Foursquare using NFC phones. According to the Foursquare blog: We think a lot about the future of location, and, every... More
May 9th, 2011
Google recruits EMEA head of commerce marketing “to lead its mobile wallet and offers division”
The appearance, and then swift disappearance, of a job vacancy for someone to head up a new 'mobile wallet and offers division' at Google provides the strongest confirmation yet that the internet giant has big plans for NFC. More
May 6th, 2011
NXP: Up to 100m NFC phones could be produced this year
"Every time we talk to our friends at Google, they tell us to double the numbers for the Android expectations," says NXP CEO Rick Clemmer. More
March 30th, 2011
NFC Task Launcher expands potential uses of Android tag reading applications
The Android app enables a list of instructions to be stored in an NFC tag so that users can simply touch their NFC phone to the tag to initiate a series of events such as putting the handset into 'car mode' or connecting to a wireless network — all without needing to make an online connection. More
