US mobile network operator Verizon Wireless is to make the BlackBerry Curve 9370 NFC smartphone available to customers from 19 January... More
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Porsche BlackBerry NFC phone arrives at Harrods
Iconic London department store Harrods has become the exclusive UK stockist of the NFC BlackBerry phone co-produced by RIM and Porsche Design... More
RIM to launch UK NFC campaign
RIM is to run a series of marketing campaigns designed to educate UK consumers on the benefits of NFC during 2012... More
Absa begins South Africa’s first NFC pilot
The trial will see five hundred bank staff using BlackBerry NFC smartphones to make MasterCard PayPass payments, and the technology used will in future also support the country’s national transportation ticketing technology. More
French bank and carrier team up to bring mobile payments to market
The new BNP Paribas Mobile service combines a mobile network subscription, a range of innovative mobile banking products plus a choice of phones — including three with NFC — and is being promoted to customers via the bank’s network of branches across France. More
BlackBerry 7.1 adds NFC P2P
RIM has now added support for NFC peer-to-peer applications with the release of the software development kit for the BlackBerry 7.1 operating system... More
RIM adds two more NFC BlackBerrys
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has announced two new NFC-enabled handsets, bringing its range of NFC phones to eight devices. More
RIM publishes NFC tag primer
BlackBerry maker RIM has published a second NFC primer for developers creating NFC applications for BlackBerry smartphones... More
Mobile payments arrive on BlackBerry phones
Carriers and banks around the world can now use the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphones to deliver MasterCard-approved NFC mobile payments services. More
RIM to switch on BlackBerry NFC mobile payments in Dubai
Subscribers of UAE-based network Etisalat are set to be among the first in the world to make mobile payments on their BlackBerry NFC phones. More
NFC plugin for PhoneGap
Developers Kevin Griffin and Don Coleman have written an NFC plugin for the PhoneGap open-source mobile development framework... More
RIM unveils BlackBerry Tag service
BlackBerry Tag will let RIM NFC phone users add each other as BBM contacts and share multimedia content via NFC. More
RIM publishes NFC primer
An NFC primer for developers has been published by BlackBerry maker RIM... More
RIM tries NFC loyalty in Mexico
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is working on several NFC projects with stores in Mexico, according to Netmedia... More
Leading handset makers announce support for Isis
HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility, RIM, Samsung Mobile and Sony Ericsson as well as MicroSD device maker DeviceFidelity have agreed to implement Isis NFC and technology standards. More
Latest NFC phone news and rumours • 19 Sept 2011
The latest NFC phone rumours and announcements, including: France to get NFC Galaxy S II, with rest of Europe to follow • iPhone speculation • A trio of NFC BlackBerrys • Casio’s DT-X8 rugged terminal • Acer NFC handset could be first of many • Korea gets high-end LG NFC phone • Intel shows off Android tablet design that features NFC More
NFC ID badges to arrive on BlackBerry phones
BlackBerry NFC phone users are set to be the first to use their mobile instead of their work ID badge to access buildings and other physical and online facilities, RIM and ID card giant HID Global have revealed. More
Latest NFC phone news and rumours • 12 Sept 2011
The latest NFC phone rumours and announcements, including: Sony Ericsson’s Nozomi, Samsung’s Omnia W Windows phone, US Samsung Galaxy S II rumours, iPhone 5 anticipation building to fever pitch and Google’s Schmidt hints Android Ice Cream Sandwich could ship in October. More
RIM unveils three BlackBerry Curve NFC smartphones
The BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360 and 9370 smartphones all feature built-in NFC capabilities as well as upgraded processors, displays and memory. More
NFC news in brief • 23 August 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: First Android 4 phone could come in October • Rogers planning NFC launch? • Tags stores take off • Jiepang eyes mobile commerce • Tagstar shields tags • BlackBerry NFC delay • Turkcell tests tickets • Vivotech adds NFC POS terminal • and more… More