Google is adding its name to the list of businesses planning on some sort of mobile payments system,
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All BlackBerry devices to be NFC capable from now on
According to a report on website Near Field Communications World virtually all new BlackBerry devices released from now on will include Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities. At a Westminster e-forum on smartphones, tablets and apps, Research in Motion’s (RIM) UK managing director Stephen Bates suggested that almost all upcoming RIM BlackBerry smartphones and tablets would…
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NFC on a key fob for wi-fi phones from Simlink and Morpho
Can’t wait for Apple and the other manufacturers to get around to adding a payment solution? Then why not try this neat little key fob that retro fits Near Field Communication to any Wi-fi enabled phone? One of the first weird devices to come out of this years’ Mobile World Congress is a key fob…
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Mobile marketing to surpass $1 billion in the US in 2011
Forrester Research has published its annual mobile technology outlook for 2011, and it’s top prediction is for mobile marketing to surpass $1 billion in the US alone. The research outlines Forrester’s top-level projections for the year ahead, and includes a quick look at their predictions from last year. Forrester gave itself a “B+,” saying nearly…
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Apple adding mobile payments in iPad and iPhone
The rumours that Apple is to build-in mobile payments into the iPhone 5 are old, but now the rumour is that payments will also be built into the iPad 2 and enable iTunes for m-payments. According to the report in Bloomberg Apple will embed a NFC-based mobile payment services into the next iteration of its…
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Google’s Schmidt maps out it’s NFC future
As we reported earlier on in the week Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt mapped out the search giants plans for NFC and the inclusion of the technology in the next version of the Android operating system at the Web 2.0 Summit. If you weren’t there then YouTube has the full video of his interview and we’ve…
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Nokia to start contactless payments in 2011?
This week is fast becoming the mobile contactless payment week, in fact we may just ask the government to rename it this time next year. First Google announces that it’s adding near field communication (NFC) to their next mobile the Nexus S. Then the US networks form ISIS an NFC coalition to get NFC going,…
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Isis shows the way for mobile NFC payments
It’s interesting to see that on the day that Google’s CEO announces a new mobile phone, complete with Near Field Communication (NFC) that the three US major networks launch a joint venture to promote NFC. Could they be linked? It’s also interesting to see how the US is going about using NFC in mobile compared…
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Contactless mobile payment system from Visa to go trial in Turkey
A new retrofit contactless mobile payment system from Visa and DeviceFidelity is to go on a live trial in Turkey. While we were digging around for news on Visa’s digital wallet we found this news that somehow went under the Business Mobile radar from earlier in the month. Visa are to launch Europe’s first microSD-based…
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Visa confirms iPhone payment service
As we reported a few weeks ago Visa will be launching a NFC (Near Field Communication) add-on for the iPhone to allow iPhone users to simply flash their phone to pay for goods, get into buildings, and travel. The Visa device is an external case that plugs into the bottom of the iPhone via the…