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The next generation iPhone, which may or may not be called the iPhone 4S (I’m thinking iPhone 5), is drawing near and rumors are getting more intense. Earlier today, we heard a rumor that says the new Apple smartphone’s screen will reach from edge-to-edge and will no longer have a bezel. Additionally, the camera flash…
Provider to NFC software and systems Sequent Software closed a Series A financing in a round led by Opus Capital and SK Telecom Ventures. The company will use the money to “drive commercial NFC mobile payment deployments of large customers and partners” to allow consumers to make payments and other transactions with their mobile devices.…
If you’re like me, you’ve probably may have had some good times with Angry Birds, but are a bit burnt out on the massively popular game. Well, to no surprise, Angry Birds isn’t going anywhere, and Nokia and Rovio of the game that requires you to interact with NFC-enabled phones. Angry Birds Magic is like…
Analyst predictions come and go. We report them, but rarely do a follow up, mostly due to the fact that there are more analyst firms out there than there are gadget sites. The few that matter (Gartner, Strategy Analytics, Canalys, Juniper Research, IDC, we’re sure we’ve left out a few) make predictions so often that…
Sony Ericsson is certainly churning out a good number of Android handsets lately, and the newest, the Xperia Acro, packs a similar punch to the rest of the line. However, this particular handset won’t be coming to the US, or anywhere else for that matter. This Xperia Arc variant will ship only to Japan. The…
Sprint is already working on an NFC payment system for 2011 and this will enable users to use their phones to “tap to pay.” The news comes via Bloomberg and it shows that the Sprint NFC payment system should be released before its rivals roll out competing solutions. Who’s trying to compete? Well, just about…
Although it still lacks some basic features, Windows Phone 7 is steadily approaching the capabilities of the incumbent platforms. Obviously Microsoft doesn’t want to miss NFC boat and in that sense we were not surprised to learn they will be integrating contactless payments in their mobile platform in the near future. Apparently Bloomberg has two…
Here we go again. A few days after hearing that the Apple iPhone 5 won’t have NFC, a new report from Forbes says that the next generation Apple smartphone will have NFC for things like mobile payments and syncing. According to a Forbes report: From what I hear, it is possible the iPhone 5 will…
The next batch of BlackBerry handsets will have near-field communications installed, which will allow you to pay for stuff by simply tapping your phone on a sensor at retailers. While RIM might have the technical prowess to enable NFC in the hardware, the back-end logistics are apparently proving to be a headache. According to several…
Still haven’t received the Android 2.3.3 OTA update on your Nexus S? Thanks to the guys over at XDA, the update has been packaged into an easy to install, flashable zip file. So if you just don’t want to wait for the update to hit your handset, follow along and take it into your own…