The latest addition to Sony’s growing range of Android NFC phones features new ‘floating touch’ technology that allows users to interact with the device without needing to physically touch the screen. More
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LG unveils two more NFC phones
LG has announced two more Android smartphones that come with NFC... More
StumbleUpon adds P2P NFC
A new version of content discovery platform StumbleUpon’s Android app includes support for Google’s NFC peer-to-peer Android Beam technology, allowing users with an Android 4.0 NFC phone to share content they discover with other NFC phone users... More
Panasonic unveils second NFC phone
Panasonic has announced a second Eluga smartphone with support for NFC... More
Orange to launch first Intel NFC phone
Mobile network operator Orange has announced it will be the first operator in Europe to offer subscribers an Intel-powered smartphone... More
Glu adds Android Beam to Gun Bros game
Social mobile games developer Glu Mobile has released an NFC-enabled version of its popular Gun Bros game... More
Any.Do shares tasks via NFC
A new version of task manager app Any.Do, voted best Android app of 2011 by Techcrunch, allows users with an NFC phone running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to share tasks via Android Beam... More
Sony announces Xperia P with NFC
Sony has unveiled two new Xperia NXT series handsets at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona... More
HTC to unveil at least one NFC phone at MWC
The internet rumour mill has been running overtime with a series of leaked details of new HTC phones to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress... More
Acer floats Cloud Mobile smartphone
Acer is expected to demonstrate another NFC smartphone at this week’s Mobile World Congress... More
Acer shines a light on Liquid Glow NFC smartphone
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Acer has revealed its second NFC smartphone ahead of Mobile World Congress 2012... More
LG shows off quad core Optimus 4X HD with NFC
LG has taken the wraps off another NFC smartphone, its third this week, in the run up to Mobile World Congress 2012... More
ZTE announces NFC smartphone
Chinese manufacturer ZTE has announced an NFC smartphone which it will show at MWC 2012... More
Apps4Android launches NFC talking label app
Accessibility app specialist Apps4Android has released Ideal Talking Tags, a free talking label maker and reader application for NFC phones running Android 4... More
Foursquare adds P2P NFC
Social check-in service Foursquare has upgraded its Android app to include support for version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, adding features that work with the Android Beam NFC P2P service... More
Android Chrome asks for NFC
A beta version of Google’s Chrome web browser for Android phones, released in the Android Market yesterday, requests user permission to control near field communication features upon installation... More
Xing adds contacts with NFC
German B2B social network Xing has added support for NFC, allowing members to add new contacts to their network by simply tapping together their mobile phones... More
LG preps X3 handset with NFC?
An NFC enabled quad-core smartphone from LG could be announced at the Mobile World Congress next month, ahead of a mid-2012 release... More
Inside updates Open NFC for ICS
Inside Secure has released a new version of its open source NFC protocol stack... More
Sony unveils Xperia NFC phones and tags
Sony has announced two Xperia NFC smartphones, the Xperia Ion which is exclusive to AT&T in the US and the Xperia S which will be available worldwide this quarter, as well as read-only NFC Xperia SmartTags. More