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February 27th, 2013

Nokia adds NFC Writer for WP8

Nokia NFC Writer for Windows Phone 8 devices is now available from the Windows Phone app store, allowing users to read and write to any standard NFC tag with their mobile phone. More

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February 27th, 2013

Nokia shows wireless charging car cradle with NFC

Nokia is demonstrating a new wireless charging phone cradle with NFC at Mobile World Congress 2013. The Nokia CR-200 uses the Qi wireless charging standard to recharge mobile phones placed in the holder without the... More

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February 25th, 2013

Think&Go demos Android NFC device for field workers

Think&Go NFC is demonstrating a new NFC device from technology provider Famoco at Mobile World Congress 2013. The Famoco FX 100 Series is an Android-based device which can operate in all three NFC modes —... More

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February 25th, 2013

Asus unveils PadFone Infinity with NFC

Asus has added a second PadFone with NFC to its line-up. The PadFone Infinity is an Android 4.2 LTE smartphone with a 5-inch 1920 by 1080 full HD display that combines with a 10.1-inch tablet... More

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February 25th, 2013

ManageEngine adds NFC support

ManageEngine has added a range of mobile device management (MDM) services to its Desktop Central service, designed to make it easier for IT departments to manage the move towards 'bring your own device' (BYOD) and... More

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February 24th, 2013

Oni sets the mood with NFC

A Windows Phone 8 app that can control household lighting has added support for NFC tags. Oni: Light Control works with Philips Hue Connected Bulbs and allows the user to set lighting moods that can... More

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February 24th, 2013

Jabra Motion headset pairs with NFC

Wireless audio specialist Jabra's new Jabra Motion headset features easy NFC pairing. "You simply tab the headset with your NFC enabled devices to connect," says the company. The high end Bluetooth headset features a folding... More

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February 23rd, 2013

Stollmann and Comprion automate NFC device testing

Testing equipment provider Comprion and software stack specialist Stollmann have announced a joint solution that allows the NFC Forum device test application testing process to be completely automated. "When testing specific protocol or application behaviour,... More

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February 23rd, 2013

Orange pushes NFC in Israel

Orange Israel is offering customers packs of three NFC stickers that work with an NFC app that is pre-installed on all the carrier's Android NFC phones. The stickers contain Smartrac Circus Ntag 203 NFC inlays... More

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February 23rd, 2013

Airtag adds white label wallet

Mobile shopping specialist Airtag is launching a white label version of its NFC-enabled Airpass mobile wallet at Mobile World Congress 2013. "There are going to be not one, but many mobile wallets that succeed," says... More

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February 23rd, 2013

NXP adds PUFs to NFC

Chip maker NXP has licensed Intrinsic ID's Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) technology for use with its SmartMX2 smart card and secure element chips. "PUFs are an innovative way of safeguarding individual chips from data theft... More

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February 21st, 2013

Oberthur gets NFC SE certification

Oberthur Technologies has announced that its Pearl Secure Element 800k Classic embedded secure element has been certified by MasterCard for Mobile PayPass applications and by Google for Google Wallet. Pearl is already being used in... More

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February 20th, 2013

Think&Go unveils NFC video screen

The display technology enables NFC phone users to interact with video promotions, to collect coupons, download content, navigate through advertising media and add products to a mobile shopping basket. More

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February 20th, 2013

Pulse launches ultra-thin NFC antenna

The electronic components maker has introduced a ferrite sheet NFC antenna for mobile phones which, it says, is 40% thinner than comparable products available today. More

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February 18th, 2013

Inside Secure launches all-in-one NFC hardware package for consumer electronics devices

ComboPulse "is a drop-in, zero-tuning solution that makes it easy and inexpensive to add NFC functionality into a broad range of mainstream consumer electronic products, including tablets, entry-level mobile phones, personal media players and other smart mobile devices," says the NFC chip specialist.  More

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February 14th, 2013

Apple Passbook gets NFC — on Android devices

An app that allows Android devices to use 'passes' created for Apple's Passbook can now beam and redeem them via NFC, giving a vision of how an NFC iPhone could streamline usage of the increasingly popular Passbook app. More

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February 13th, 2013

Hoverkey adds NFC security to Android apps

Android users can ditch their passwords and instead wave a contactless smart card over their phone or tablet to securely log in to apps and access encrypted data. More

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February 11th, 2013

The new issue of Mobile Wallet Outlook is now out

The January/February issue of the monthly trends bulletin from the NFC World team's business intelligence service examines the impact on the mobile wallet market of the new Facebook Card, the arrival of NFC in the home and the latest mobile wallet business developments from around the world. More

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February 6th, 2013

Cherry On unveils range of luxury leather goods with NFC

A team of Belgian designers is aiming to raise US$70,000 via Kickstarter to put into production a wallet, bags and tablet sleeves that use NFC to offer an anti-theft service, prove the item's authenticity and give access to a customer club. More

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February 6th, 2013

CalypsoKey adds contactless keys to iPhone cases

Upmarket iPhone case maker CalypsoCrystal has added contactless door key technology to its range of cases for the iPhone 5, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. CalypsoKey is available as an option with the company's Ring,... More

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