NFC World » Samsung http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 9m NFC phones on order http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/18/315785/9m-nfc-phones-on-order/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/18/315785/9m-nfc-phones-on-order/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:54:46 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15785 Samsung has taken preorders for some nine million Galaxy S III handsets from more than 100 mobile networks, Reuters reports. An unnamed Samsung executive revealed the figures to the Korea Economic Times, which also reported...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/14/315663/samsung-picks-nxp-for-s3/feed/ 0 Visa and Samsung reveal Olympics NFC payments plans http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315594/visa-and-samsung-reveal-olympics-nfc-payments-plans/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315594/visa-and-samsung-reveal-olympics-nfc-payments-plans/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 11:51:39 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15594 The payments network and the phone maker will be issuing limited edition Samsung Galaxy S III handsets loaded with a Visa NFC payments app to athletes and other VIPs during the London 2012 Games.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315520/mastercard-certifies-more-nfc-phones-introduces-a-new-logo/feed/ 2 Samsung Galaxy S III expands NFC P2P capabilities with S Beam for faster file transfers http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315501/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-expands-nfc-p2p-capabilities-with-s-beam-for-faster-file-transfers/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315501/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-expands-nfc-p2p-capabilities-with-s-beam-for-faster-file-transfers/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 13:22:32 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15501 The newly announced successor to Samsung's best selling Galaxy S II features NFC as standard and includes a new file transfer service that enables users to easily connect together two devices via NFC and automatically transfer large video and other files via WiFi Direct.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/25/315296/samsung-staff-to-get-nfc-id/feed/ 0 Galaxy S III coming next week? http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/23/315207/galaxy-s-iii-coming-next-week/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/23/315207/galaxy-s-iii-coming-next-week/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:21:30 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15207 The successor to Samsung's wildly popular Galaxy S II flagship handset looks set to launch at a press event in London on the evening of Thursday 3 May. NFC watchers will be hoping for wider availability of...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/27/314853/london-nfc-hackathon-winners-get-funding/feed/ 0 Italian carrier Wind trials NFC access control and payments http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/23/314766/italian-carrier-wind-trials-nfc-access-control-and-payments/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/23/314766/italian-carrier-wind-trials-nfc-access-control-and-payments/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:08:55 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14766 Italian mobile network operator Wind has begun an internal NFC pilot, in collaboration with Samsung. Wind employees taking part in the trial are being equipped with a Samsung Galaxy S II NFC phone they can use to...

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