Motorola has just announced a thumb sized clip that incorporates NFC to unlock your brand new Moto X. The accessory once paired can be clipped onto your shirt or belt or wherever else you may want. Tap the skip to the back of the device and your phone will be unlocked. Continue reading “Motorola Skip announced, will unlock your phone with a tap”
NFC is being used for many things like sharing data, making payments, etc but this is the first time where it is being used to switches a car on and off. Hyundai has come out with a concept car which does not need any keys to open and run, it runs on NFC tags.
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The future of NFC (Near Field Communication) looks bright as engineers at Google now claim that NFC chips will eventually replace bar codes and make mobile payments a lot easier.
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Nokia just revealed via a Youtube clip that the upcoming Windows Phone based handset, the Lumia 610 will include support for NFC. The information was leaked via a Youtube video which has now been set to private mode.
According to a report by research firm Berg Insight, global shipments of handsets featuring Near Field Communication (NFC) has reached 30 million units in 2011 from about 3 million units in 2010. With 87.8% increase annually, shipments are expected to reach 700 million in 2016. Continue reading “NFC-enabled handset shipments reach 30 million units in 2011”
Reports suggest that Google might be considering sharing revenues from Google Wallet with AT&T and Vodafone to help stimulate usage. The service currently only works on one network and device ie the Sprint Nexus S 4G. Sprint plans to out 10 more Wallet supported devices later this year.
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The ZTE Orbit is a Windows powered smartphone launched at the Mobile World Congress 2012.
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Samsung and Visa has announced the official mobile payments application of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. They confirmed the partnership to introduce NFC payments in 2012 Olympic games last April. The application is based on Visa’s payWave technology that enables contactless payments at the Point of Sale. Continue reading “Samsung and Visa to showcase NFC mobile payment app for London Olympics at MWC”
Foursquare has updated its Android support to include support for NFC features included in Android 4.0. The popular location sharing app lets users check into a location by simply tapping their devices against a tag at a compatible location.
Recent investigation has unveiled glaring security holes in the Google Wallet NFC payment service which lets a person gain access to the secret Wallet pin. While it was believed that only users with rooted devices were threatened by this security lapse , further investigation shows that even stock devices are at risk.
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I remember writing about the Casio commando, the most ugly looking Android phone ever! Well Droid-Life is saying that Casio will be bringing it’s successor which will be having a quadcore processor and will be much more powerful not only inside but also from the outside.
Have you ever wanted an external split keyboard which is foldable, does not use any battery, does not need to be charged, has no wires, no pairing and is waterproof? Well then the One2Touch keyboard is what you have been waiting for.
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Microsoft has just made a correction to a statement they previously made. It seems that Windows Phone 7.5 does indeed lack support for NFC.
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SK Telecom , a Korea based telecom operator , has just introduced its next generation USIM cards which add NFC capabilities to phones lacking it. NFC is used to enable cell phone based payments , mobile advertisements and even peer to peer communications.
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We had the chance to check out the NFC feature in the newly announced Symbian Belle Phones. You can transfer photos from one phone to another by merely tapping the phones together. Watch the video below to see the technology in action. In the first part of the video a photo is clicked with a Nokia 600 and is sent to another device via NFC or Near Field Communication. In the second part a wallpaper is shared in a similar fashion.
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