NFC application NFC Quick Actions has now been downloaded from Android Market more than 3,000 times, developer Fernando Cejas has told NFC World... More
NFC Quick Actions app clocks up 3,000 downloads
New products
Inside Secure launches low cost NFC tags with 2KB of memory
The new MicroPass 4101-2K is the first large memory tag to both fully conform with NFC Forum standards and be available at an affordable price, says the NFC chip specialist. More
Sony announces Xperia Sola with NFC
The latest addition to Sony’s growing range of Android NFC phones features new ‘floating touch’ technology that allows users to interact with the device without needing to physically touch the screen. More
Identive and WPG to share x-rays via NFC
The two firms are to provide doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals with a way to easily transfer digital medical images to the relevant exam room. More
Tester checks NFC in-store
Mobile test equipment specialist Comprion has released an NFC testing solution that can be used in-store to check a device’s NFC functionality... More
Marvell adds NFC to WiFi chips
WiFi chip maker Marvell has announced its first NFC combo chip products... More
LG unveils two more NFC phones
LG has announced two more Android smartphones that come with NFC... More
Opera for Android gets NFC
Opera Software has added support for NFC peer-to-peer information sharing to its popular mobile internet browser... More
Morpho adds NFC-on-a-SIM
ID technology provider Morpho is to offer Inside Secure’s new NFC-on-a-SIM technology to its customers under the Morpho SIMply NFC-Revolution brand name... More
Nokia adds BH-221 NFC headset
Nokia has released a new stereo Bluetooth headset which includes NFC pairing as well as an integrated FM radio and OLED display... More
StumbleUpon adds P2P NFC
A new version of content discovery platform StumbleUpon’s Android app includes support for Google’s NFC peer-to-peer Android Beam technology, allowing users with an Android 4.0 NFC phone to share content they discover with other NFC phone users... More
Gemalto adds NFC LTE support
Gemalto has announced Advanced Connectivity, an end-to-end solution for delivering and activating M2M, NFC and streaming multimedia content applications over LTE networks... More
Gemalto adds FeliCa to NFC SIM
Gemalto has signed a deal with Sony that will see it adding support for Sony’s FeliCa contactless card technology to its new Upteq NFC SIM technology... More
Panasonic unveils second NFC phone
Panasonic has announced a second Eluga smartphone with support for NFC... More
Nokia 808 PureView to come with NFC
Nokia has announced the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone, a Symbian Belle device that features advanced imaging technology and support for secure NFC services as well as for pairing and tag reading applications... More
Shazam shares music with NFC
A new version of Shazam, the media discovery app used by 180m people around the world, will allow Android phone users to share music, TV ads, tour dates, coupons and more via NFC. More
Gemalto launches high security NFC SIM
The new UpTeq NFC SIM meets a flight of top level security requirements and, says the digital security firm, can be used to generate legally binding digital signatures as well as deliver both e-health and e-government services. More
Glu adds Android Beam to Gun Bros game
Social mobile games developer Glu Mobile has released an NFC-enabled version of its popular Gun Bros game... More
NXP adds SmartMX2 SE
Chip maker NXP has announced a new secure element platform which is form factor agnostic and incorporates the company’s next-generation SmartMX2 technology... More
NXP unveils next-generation PN547 NFC controller
The new PN547 offers twice the read/write range of its existing PN544 controller chip, is half the size, uses half the power and communicates at five times the speed. More