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Samsung TecTile 2 tags arrive with GALAXY S 4 support

By Robert Nelson
on 17 May, 2013

The GALAXY S 4 was discovered to be incompatible with the current line of NFC TecTile tags a few weeks earlier. At that time Samsung let it be known that a next-generation TecTile was coming and well, as of today they have come available for sale. The newly updated tags have been dubbed TecTiles 2 and they are currently available with Samsung.

Google Wallet physical cards cancelled ahead of Google I/O

By Robert Nelson
on 10 May, 2013

It looks like Google Wallet will be amongst the topics discussed next week during Google I/O. Basically, Google is expected to announce some new features for Wallet. At present it looks like these will include everything from additional rewards and offers to loyalty points. Perhaps more important, it was also said that Google will be adding additional merchants which should make it a bit more convenient for those looking to actually use Wallet.

GALAXY S 4 incompatible with current line of Samsung NFC TecTile tags

By Robert Nelson
on 29 Apr, 2013

The Samsung TecTile tags are not a terribly expensive item, however it looks like those who are using the tags and also upgrading from a Galaxy S III to a GALAXY S 4 will need to buy some updated tags. Basically, the GALAXY S 4 is not compatible with the currently available NFC TecTile tags. This comes due to the bit about Samsung using a different NFC chipset in the GALAXY S 4.

Visa and Samsung partnership hopes to accelerate NFC mobile payments

By Robert Nelson
on 25 Feb, 2013

NFC has plenty of uses aside from mobile payments, however that is often where the topic seems to come back to. There are several solutions such as Google Wallet and ISIS, however neither are widespread in use. Some had thought that Google would have been able to convince people that they needed to be buying things with the swipe of a smartphone, however that doesn't seem to have happened. Enter the next possibility, Samsung and Visa. These two companies have announced a new partnership in hopes to accelerate NFC-based mobile payments.

NFC by MOO app arrives in Google Play Store [Hands-On]

By Robert Nelson
on 15 Feb, 2013

MOO announced their NFC business cards way back in September 2012. Coming more recently however, they have released an app for Android users. The app is called NFC by MOO and can be found in the Google Play Store. In short, the app will allow you to program NFC cards (or tags). The catch is, the release of the app would probably have made much more sense if the NFC equipped business cards were actually available.

Using NFC and not even thinking about mobile payments

By Robert Nelson
on 8 Feb, 2013

The title of this post may be a bit of a stretch. Truth be told, I do like the idea of mobile payments, specifically Google Wallet. But in my case, Verizon isn't playing nicely so that sort of rules that option out. Truthfully though, NFC is about much more than mobile payments. In fact, I would argue that even if I had Google Wallet on my Galaxy S III, that would probably be the least used NFC related feature.

Samsung Galaxy S III Mini with NFC coming later this month

By Robert Nelson
on 21 Jan, 2013

Samsung originally announced the Galaxy S III Mini back in October. As of today, Samsung has returned with another Galaxy S III Mini announcement -- they are releasing another variant of the handset, one with NFC. As of now, Samsung has confirmed the release for the UK market and mentioned that the handset will arrive later this month.

Samsung launches TecTile version 3.0 for expanded NFC capability

By Dave LeClair
on 24 Oct, 2012

Samsung has just pushed a new version of its TecTile application to Google Play. TecTile is Samsung's app that works with its programmable NFC sticker tags. It was first announced in June, and now it's time for an update. The new version of the app is free, and the tags are available for $14.99 for a pack of five.

AT&T announces Xperia TL smartphone featuring Sony’s best camera ever

By Dave LeClair
on 1 Oct, 2012

AT&T just announced that they will be the exclusive carrier for Sony's new Xperia TL mobile phone featuring Android version 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). They also announced that this new device can be upgraded to Android 4.1 (Jellybean). This new phone will also be featured in the latest James Bond film, so you know it has all the gadgets.

Isis, Google Wallet competitor, to run on Android

By Nicholas Ahn
on 23 Sep, 2011

In the midst of the recent flurry of Google Wallet news, Isis has announced that they will release an Android application when the payment system is released next year. While this announcement would be more significant if the application were released today, it still gives the application a fighting chance against recently launched Google Wallet.