NFC World » Android http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Wed, 23 May 2012 17:34:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 KDDI unveils world’s first NFC and Felica phone http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/16/315749/kddi-unveils-worlds-first-nfc-and-felica-phone/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/16/315749/kddi-unveils-worlds-first-nfc-and-felica-phone/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:25:41 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15749 Japanese mobile operator KDDI will offer the world's first phone with both NFC and Felica support from this summer. The Sharp Aquos Phone Serie will support Japan's widely-used Felica contactless payment system as well as the...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/16/315749/kddi-unveils-worlds-first-nfc-and-felica-phone/feed/ 0 DeviceFidelity adds full NFC functionality to iPhone http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/16/315729/devicefidelity-adds-full-nfc-functionality-to-iphone/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/16/315729/devicefidelity-adds-full-nfc-functionality-to-iphone/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:44:36 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15729 The NFC-on-microSD specialist's new iCaisse4X iPhone case combines expanded battery life with NFC card emulation, tag reading/writing and peer-to-peer capabilities.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/01/315447/scholarchip-brings-nfc-to-philadelphia-schools/feed/ 0 KegDroid pours beer with NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/01/315418/kegdroid-pours-beer-via-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/01/315418/kegdroid-pours-beer-via-nfc/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 05:40:39 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15418 Google staffer Paul Carff has produced a video showing an NFC-enabled beer tap that uses NFC badges, an NFC reader/writer, a Motorola Xoom tablet and an Arduino microcontroller to automatically dispense a brew to badge...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/19/315187/india-gets-first-intel-nfc-phone-xolo-x900/feed/ 0 Barclaycard expands Quick Tap NFC service and offers PayTag stickers to Visa credit card holders http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/19/315174/barclaycard-expands-quick-tap-nfc-service-and-offers-paytag-stickers-to-visa-credit-card-holders/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/19/315174/barclaycard-expands-quick-tap-nfc-service-and-offers-paytag-stickers-to-visa-credit-card-holders/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:16:51 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15174 The UK-based financial institution has announced two enhancements to its mobile payments offering, increasing the reach of the Quick Tap NFC service it runs with Orange and announcing plans to provide all its Visa credit card customers with a free mobile contactless sticker.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/19/315174/barclaycard-expands-quick-tap-nfc-service-and-offers-paytag-stickers-to-visa-credit-card-holders/feed/ 2 Facebook moves to the point-of-sale http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/19/315161/facebook-moves-to-the-point-of-sale/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/19/315161/facebook-moves-to-the-point-of-sale/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:17:36 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15161 Facebook has acquired Tagtile, a startup founded by two US-based graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), as it begins to roll out its Facebook Offers service. In an interview with the Times of India, Tagtile co-founder...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/19/315161/facebook-moves-to-the-point-of-sale/feed/ 0 Narian launches low cost NFC platform for retailers http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314934/narian-launches-low-cost-nfc-platform-for-retailers/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314934/narian-launches-low-cost-nfc-platform-for-retailers/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:57:59 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14934 NFC4Retail, which provides merchants with a suite of NFC apps designed to improve the in-store shopping experience, is now available in 21 countries. The service costs US$20 per store per month and is free of charge during an initial public beta period.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314934/narian-launches-low-cost-nfc-platform-for-retailers/feed/ 0 Olivetti preps NFC tablets http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314924/olivetti-preps-nfc-tablets/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314924/olivetti-preps-nfc-tablets/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:17:25 +0000 Joe Davies http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14924 Italian computer manufacturer Olivetti looks set to release two Android 4.0 tablets, both sporting NFC. The OliPad Tegra 3 will have a 10-inch screen and an Nvidia Tegra 3 processor while the 8-inch OliPad Graphos...

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