All the stories tagged with 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.
LG Optimus Net arrives at the FCC with NFC capability
07/28/2011, We caught a glimpse of the LG Optimus Net sometime in the middle of this month, but here we are with news of the smartphone arriving over at the FCC, sporting NFC capability to boot. This NFC-enabled model is known [...]
PayPal looking to take their payment system to brick and mortar stores
07/21/2011, A little over a week ago we reported that PayPal was introducing a new way to transfer money between two people, and it was through the use of NFC technology on devices such as the Samsung Nexus S.
PayPal to use NFC for peer to peer payments
07/13/2011, Ever since Google Wallet was launched not too long ago, it seems to have inspired the NFC-payment movement in the country, with the next company to enter the game being PayPal – one of the world’s most popular ePayment systems. [...]
Samsung Wave 725 with Bada 2.0 has its specs leaked
07/12/2011, A couple of months back, three Bada devices were leaked onto the internet, and only one had a name – the Samsung Wave 578. Now thanks to the folks at BadaWorld, who combed through the Bada 2.0 SDK, another device [...]
Google+ Android app has NFC functionality
07/07/2011, Now as we all know, Google is a huge fan of NFC technology, having launched Google Wallet as well as making the Google Nexus S device NFC-enabled, so is it really a surprise that Google+ will support NFC too? Apparently [...]
Alibaba brings mobile wallet technology to China
07/05/2011, For those who are unfamiliar with Alibaba, they have sometimes been called the Google of China, and they are fast gaining ground. As we all know, Google has recently joined up with Sprint in order to put out Google Wallet, [...]
VeriFone PAYware brings mobile payment to the tablet
06/30/2011, Soon, big bulky cash registers might be a thing of the past. VeriFone has just revealed a new tablet-based checkout device called the VeriFone PAYware Mobile Enterprise for Tablets – a software and hardware combination that will turn tablets such [...]
Leaked Photos Of The Nokia 700 “Zeta”
06/29/2011, A couple of days ago we had reported that Nokia was looking to push out four new Symbian handsets, which would be powered by 1GHz processors. Well as it turns out, one of those handsets on the list, the Nokia [...]
NXP launches NFC-enabled car keys
06/24/2011, NXP Semiconductors NV has just announced the availability of its production-ready single-chip solution for multifunction car keys. The NCF2970 (KEyLink Lite) can do more than just open your car doors – it packs NFC (Near Field Communications) technology that allows [...]
Huawei Sonic and Glory ready to rock and roll soon
06/22/2011, Huawei’s MediaPad might have grabbed all the headlines this week where an Android-powered tablet is concerned, but that doesn’t mean the company doesn’t have any more other tricks up their sleeves. No sir, Huawei has a couple more handsets that [...]
Nokia Play 360: the NFC-enabled speaker
06/21/2011, Right now if we want to play music from our phones to external speakers wirelessly, it’s quite a troublesome process. We have to load up the app, pair the speakers with our phones and then start playing the music. Well, [...]
Sony Ericsson to launch Android NFC phones
06/16/2011, NFC (Near Field Communication) is an up and coming technology in the US but at the moment there aren’t many phones on this side of the world (it is huge in Japan) that can take advantage of it. Phones with [...]
Angry Birds Magic to deliver NFC across all platforms
06/14/2011, A couple of months ago, Rovio introduced a new Angry Birds known as Magic, where the most interesting feature about this was the ability to unlock new content whenever a couple of NFC-enabled devices were to be brought together within [...]
