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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 Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 11, 2012
Last week we heard that Sprint was developing their own NFC-based mobile wallet application, and today an insider has passed along to us a couple presentation slides to let us know that it's rea...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 08, 2012
NFC Times is reporting that Sprint is currently working on their own NFC-based mobile payment system, which would put them at odds with the rest of the US telcos and Google. Until the Samsung G...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 06, 2012
Although Google Wallet had some issues the other day and went down for a while it looks like there might have been a good reason for it. The app itself has just been updated and according to the cha...
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by Anndrew Vacca
May 18, 2012
After three short days on the shelf, Virgin Mobile's LG Optimus Elite is already up for a promotion: Google will credit your Google Wallet account with $25 when you activate the NFC-service with...
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by Chris Parsons
May 10, 2012
If you're looking to get in on a budget friendly Android device that also packs a little punch, Virgin Mobile USA has now opened the doors on their pre-orders of the LG Optimus Elite. Available ...
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by Jared DiPane
May 07, 2012
While the show down here at CTIA doesn't officially open until tomorrow, the folks at MasterCard held an event this evening to let us in on some of their big news that they have coming. It has b...
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by n64kps
May 02, 2012
Voting for the 2012 Webby Awards has come to a close and the winners have been announced. A few of our favorite Android apps inlcuding Google Wallet, SwiftKey X, and Evernote all brought ...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 17, 2012
The other day when preorders for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Sprint went up a lot of folks got lost in the happiness of knowing the device would finally be arriving and instantly laid out the $199 f...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2012
A couple of our favorite Android applications are head to head in the running for a win in the 16th annual Webby Awards. Google Wallet currently has a slight edge over keyboard app SwiftKey X. ...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 29, 2012
The latest Google Wallet update has now appeared on the Google Play Store and is rolling out for some folks. Switching on over and checking out the change log shows a few things have been cleared up...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 21, 2012
Google is said to be considering a few changes in their Google Wallet strategy because of poor adoption rates. According to Bloomberg, Google is contemplating sharing revenue with the carriers ...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 20, 2012
It's been a bit of a wild ride for Google Wallet since its security was found to have a vulnerability in it. While having fixed the issue already, Google wasn't in any rush to let folks read...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 01, 2012
Besides the LG Viper 4G, Sprint will be getting at least nine other devices that run Google Wallet by years end, says Google's VP of Wallet and Payments Osama Bedier. During the Mobile Mone...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 29, 2012
Google Wallet has been updated with a pretty extensive (and detailed) change log. You can now use a PO box in the address and be able to top up your prepaid card, and that address can be longer (goo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 29, 2012
If you were holding off on buying one of Seidio's 3800mAh batteries for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus because they weren't compatible with NFC, here's something you'll be interested in. T...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 28, 2012
Isis Mobile Wallet, the service backed by AT&T, T-Mobile US, and Verizon has announced new launch partners and it's long awaited trial launch date. New financial partners Chase, Capital...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 28, 2012
That's it -- no more business cards for me at Mobile World Congress. Googler Trevor Johns has coded up (and open-sourced) a little app called, appropriately enough, Badge Scanner, which will pr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 22, 2012
LG today announced the Optimus 3D Cube, brining the "next-generation 3D" exclusively to Korean carrier SK Telecom. The phone sports a 4.3-inch IPS LCD display with dual 5-megapixel cameras...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 20, 2012
LG has announced a new handset for South Korea based on its popular Optimus LTE line -- The Optimus LTE Tag, a trimmed-down version of the original with NFC connectivity.
The Optimus LTE Tag is a 4...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 12, 2012
Gotta love a good RUU -- otherwise known as a ROM Update Utility -- because they're chock full of fun stuff. And the one that surfaced over the weekend for the HTC Endeavor has found itself avai...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 03, 2012
Google Wallet and NFC is a hot topic with a lot of folks. It seems like a whole lot of people are concerned with the availability of Google Wallet (including yours truly), and we're all cu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 26, 2012
What is NFC? NFC stands for Near-Field Communication and is a set of standards (established in 2004) for small, portable devices to establish radio communications with each other. Devices need...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 17, 2012
The good people at Inside Secure have ported over their Open NFC stack to Ice Cream Sandwich, giving OEM's one less hurdle to jump when getting devices ready for upgrading. The new 4.3.3 r...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Jan 11, 2012
Connecting the entire home has been an ongoing trend here at CES, and Sony has introduced an interesting concept to acheive that goal. Xperia SmartTags are NFC chips that you can stick throughout yo...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 12, 2011
2012 is a big year for the United Kingdom, with London playing host to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. According to a French newspaper, Google might also be along for the ride launching Google Wallet...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 06, 2011
One of the little bombshells dropped from the Verizon Galaxy Nexus training materials concerns NFC and the swappable battery. Because the NFC chip resides on the battery itself, the hardware c...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2011
We're just going to let this one from Verizon hang out there:
Recent reports that Verizon is blocking Google Wallet on our devices are false. Verizon does not block applications.
Google Wa...
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by Joshua Munoz
Dec 06, 2011
We already knew that Google Wallet wasn't going to be on the Galaxy Nexus, but until now, it was purely speculatory. Unfortunately, Google has confirmed themselves that Wallet won't be on Ve...
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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'...
