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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.

Google Wallet launches officially on Nexus S 4G

By Chris Burns
on 19 Sep, 2011

It's the 4G version of the Nexus S that'll receive the update to Google Wallet first, Google tells us, this brand new NFC-based electronic payments system working with Visa, American Express, and Discover right out of the gate. This system will allow you, as you may already know, to tap your device to an in-store payment device and instantly pay your bill with your "Wallet". Your update to full alpha Google Wallet functionality will occur in an over-the-air manner, meaning that if you've got a Samsung Nexus S 4G, you'll be seeing a notification right away immediately if not soon.

Google Wallet launching today tips leak

By Nicholas Ahn
on 19 Sep, 2011

About four months ago, Google had announced Google Wallet, a NFC-based payment system. Today, Techcrunch has just released an image of internal documentation indicating an official launch for the service for today, September 19.

Sharp RW-T107 Android 2.3 Gingerbread Tablet with NFC

By Cory Gunther
on 23 Aug, 2011

The folks over at Sharp have announced a new NFC enabled tablet headed for Japan. This will be a 7" Android tablet but initial reports are claiming we will only have Android 2.3 Gingerbread on board here, no Honeycomb for now. A big part of the release is the full support for NFC interaction with support for Japanese FeliCa cards at the start, but we can expect additional cards in the near future.

TazPad Inches Closer to Production, NFC and Fingerprint Biometric Security in Tow

By Chris Burns
on 23 Aug, 2011

There's approximately a billion trillion tablets on the market now, or so it would seem, the vast majority of them running Android or some presto-change-o OS based on the Android kernel. What manufacturers will have to do if they plan on taking a piece of this pie at this point is one of two things: get a whole new most-powerful processor to become king OR make a unique tablet to carve out a niche. What the team at French NFC and Zigbee specialist TazTag has done is to integrate AuthenTec's TCS2 TouchChip sensor into its TazPad Android tablet alongside fingerprint biometric security -- a tablet with real business intentions.

HTC’s Chinese Phone with NFC Arrives at FCC, Coming to U.S. After All?

By John Scheible
on 16 Aug, 2011

Last week we heard that HTC would be launching an new phone exclusively in China which would allow for mobile payments via NFC. That same device, the PH85110, has been brought to the FCC recently. On top of its already impressive array of radios were several GSM frequencies that may indicate its the PH85110 is going to be heading state-side after all.

LG Gelato Spotted for T-Mobile

By Chris Burns
on 4 Aug, 2011

What you're going to see in the gallery below is a rather tiny image of the device you see directly below, save for one rather important marking: a T-mobile logo near the top on the front. This again may seem sort of unimportant since this device is set to replace the LG Optimus One, both of them being entry-level devices, save another rather important factoid: this device will be rolling out with NFC equipped. This will make the device one of only a few smartphone devices on the market today with NFC abilities, this aside the Samsung Nexus S and the T-Mobile Nokia C7 - a meeGo device.

Four New LG Android Phones Revealed, Prada K2 Looks Nice

By Cory Gunther
on 22 Jul, 2011

We all expected more phones coming out of LG this year as they've only just started their venture into Android. We have what appears to be possibly the remaining phones for the 2011 line-up. These are all renders from what I'm hearing and a few look pretty nice. The first name that caught my eye was the LG Prada K2. Does anyone remember the original LG Prada? Here's our review from 2007 on SlashGear. (Blast from the past)

Samsung Hercules Headed to T-Mobile this September?

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Jul, 2011

If the latest reports are accurate we might be seeing the Samsung Hercules land over on T-Mobile this September. If the HTC Sensation or the recently troubled G2x dual-core phones aren't what you desire maybe the Hercules will be, it has great specs to back it up.

Google+ Android App Has Support for NFC

By John Scheible
on 5 Jul, 2011

Google has a tendency to use their different technologies and services to promote one another, and it sure looks like Google+ will be no exception. It turns out that phones with NFC, a small list at the moment, are capable of reading NFC tags with the Google+ app, to allow for quicker sharing. Obviously this won't be any sort of killer feature until NFC spreads a bit, especially to other phones.