The Apple NFC rumour mill has swung into action again today, with new speculation that the company plans to include near field communication in both the next iPhone and the next iPad — and could be planning to offer heavily subsidized or even free NFC payments terminals to merchants in a bid to kickstart a mobile payments service... More
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Samsung Galaxy S2 to launch with NFC at Mobile World Congress?
The successor to Samsung’s hugely successful Galaxy S smartphone is set to launch at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month, according to a report in Korean publication Etnews — and near field communication functionality looks set to come as standard... More
Nexus S teardown: How NFC fits inside the new Google phone
Tech repair website iFixit has dismantled and photographed Samsung’s Nexus S smartphone, the first Android device to run the new Gingerbread operating system and the first to include support for near field communication... More
Google’s Nexus S CAN do mobile payments — SDK on its way soon
“All the functionality you need is in the Nexus S,” NXP has told NFC World, and Google will be rolling out SDKs to support mobile payments and other NFC services on a step-by-step basis. More
Nexus S set to bring NFC to Google Places?
A short video on Google’s Nexus S microsite showcases the phone’s NFC capabilities and may hint at the direction of the search and advertising giant’s first moves with the technology... More
Google unveils first Android NFC phone — but Nexus S is limited to tag reading only for now
The Nexus S, the first Android phone to use the new Gingerbread version of the operating system and its built-in NFC functionality, will hit the shops in the US on 16 December and the UK on 20 December. For now, however, it looks as though the phones will only support tag reading applications — mobile payments capabilities will only be available later. More