The latest version of the Linux kernel, announced this week, brings NFC support to the open source operating system... More
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Inside Contactless announces combined NFC controller and embedded secure element package
The NFC and contactless specialist has teamed up with Infineon and Giesecke & Devrient to provide handset manufacturers with a single package that includes both an NFC controller and an embedded secure element. More
STMicro, NXP, Trusted Logic and Stollmann join forces to add NFC to Android devices
NFC chipset manufacturer STMicroelectronics and Stollmann, which launched a chipset independent NFC API for Android last month, have joined NXP and Trusted Logic, who launched a joint NFC API for Android in April, to promote a common hardware-independent API for NFC applications on mobile phones and other devices running Android... More
Multiple NFC-enabled Android handsets to arrive from late 2010
Inside Contactless and NXP, the leading suppliers of NFC mobile phone chips, say the first commercial Android NFC phones will arrive later this year — with many more to follow in the first half of 2011. More
Inside Contactless to make Open NFC source code and API available on Sourceforge.net
Developers looking to create NFC solutions and devices will now be able to download the company’s NFC protocol stack for Android, MeeGo, Linux and Windows Mobile phones from the Sourceforge free open source software website. More
