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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 13, 2012
Looks like it's time for NFC tags to hit the big time. Samsung tonight announced TecTiles, its own rewritable NFC tag solution.
For those of you new to the game, NFC stands for "...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 05, 2011
Pop quiz: List, in alphabetical order, all of the Google Nexus phones that officially have access to Google Wallet.
If you aswered the Sprint Nexus S 4G -- and only the Sprint Nexus S 4G -- you'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 14, 2011
Fans of footlongs and 4G will soon be able to pay for their sandwiches using Google Wallet. The restaurant chain has announced (and we've also been tipped with an internal Subway e-mail -- there...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Aug 23, 2011
Google has been pretty quiet recently about Google Wallet, a new payment service announced back at the end of May. But that is about to change soon, folks. Engadget has received an image taken f...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 11, 2011
HTC announced that their first NFC-enabled smartphone, called the Stunning, will be headed to China. With the Stunning, users will be able to use their phone with China UnionPay, the country's sole cr...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Mar 28, 2011
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google has begun working with Mastercard and Citigroup to make NFC mobile payments a reality. NFC, or near-field communication, was touted by Eric Schmidt bac...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 10, 2011
CES ushered in a new era of smartphones and tablets. Dual-core Tegra 2 processors. LTE broadband data connections. Honeycomb on tablets (for starters). Laptop companions. Docks that turn your smartpho...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2010
HTC CEO Peter Chou recently spoke with the GSMA (those are the folks who put on Mobile World Congress) and talked a tad about LTE phones. They're definitely on the way, though not befor...
