Google Wallet services with RadioShack starting 1st September?

By Tyler Lee on 08/23/2011 10:41 PDT

A while back there was a lot of fuss and hype surrounding NFC technology. Granted that there is still some talk about NFC these days, but probably not on the same level a few months back when carriers were in talk with Isis and when Sprint and Google teamed up for Google Wallet.

Well if you were excited at the prospect of being able to use NFC technology, you will be pleased to know that it seems a RadioShack employee accidentally let slip that they will be accepting Google Wallet payments come 1st of September!

Although it says in the leaked memo that these are just “test” stores, we’re not sure if that means only selected stores will be testing out the new payment service, or if all stores will under-go testing. Either way, come 1st of September we will find out if that leak is indeed true. Time to warm your Nexus S up!

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NFC stands for Near Field Communication, which is a standard for low-speed wireless short range communications between electronic devices. Popular applications of NFC are public transportation passes and some form of electronic wallet, but many more applications remains to be tested and implemented. NFC is a cousin of RFID and uses some of the same communications protocols.

Sprint Sprint is one of the major wireless carriers in the USA. It uses a mix of CDMA and WiMax Network as the backbone of its infrastructure. The company has pledged to roll out Advanced LTE in the future.

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