Motorola has received FCC approval for the XT907, a 4G NFC phone which is being described as a mini Droid Razr and is expected to be available via Verizon in the US... More
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Win8 Thinkpad to get NFC
Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad Tablet 2 for Windows 8 a 10.1-inch touchscreen device which will come with both NFC and a fingerprint biometrics reader... More
Sprint adds Motorola LTE phone with NFC and Qwerty keyboard
US mobile network operator Sprint has begun taking orders for a new Motorola phone that features NFC, LTE and a slide-out Qwerty keyboard... More
Nokia WP8 NFC handset spotted
Nokia is to begin shipping a Windows Phone 8 NFC device, codenamed the Phi, during the last week of October 2012, according to the Nokia Innovation blog... More
Samsung preps NFC tablet
A new tablet from Samsung, referred to as the GT-P8110 and featuring unusual rounded corners as well as NFC functionality, has been submitted for FCC approval, Phandroid reports... More
Asus preps two Win8 NFC tablets
Tech publication Engadget has spotted that Asus has submitted two tablets running Windows 8 and featuring NFC for FCC approval... More
Samsung preps WP8 NFC phone
Samsung has two Windows Phone 8 handsets in the works, according to court documents seen by The Verge... More
ACS to launch contactless POS terminal
Hong Kong-based NFC and smart card reader specialist Advanced Card Systems (ACS) is moving into the contactless point-of-sale terminal market... More
Pantech P9090 NFC spotted
A new Android 4.0 NFC phone from Korean manufacturer Pantech, the P9090 Magnus, could hit the US market later this year, Technology and Gadgets reports... More
Turkcell adds MaxiPro5 NFC smartphone
Turkish mobile network operator Turkcell has added the MaxiPro5 to its line up of NFC phones... More
One2touch signs US$2m NFC keyboard deal
One2touch has begun shipping NFC-enabled smartphone keyboards to Japanese firm Elecom in a deal worth US$2m... More
Droid Razr HD to sport NFC
A Motorola handset with NFC which has just received FCC approval is believed to be the upcoming Droid Razr HD, according to Droid Life... More
Parrot adds NFC hands-free car kit
A new hands-free car kit from Parrot features NFC pairing via a built-in tag... More
Turkcell launches NFC home shopping service
The Turkish carrier’s new MaxiPlus5 NFC phone ships with a fridge magnet customers can use to place online orders with a variety of partner merchants. More
China Mobile preps NFC payments phone
The world’s largest mobile network operator has completed development of a China Mobile Wallet running on an NFC version of the Coolpad 8870 smartphone and will begin shipping the device in the third quarter of 2012. More
Google unveils Nexus Q media player with NFC
The new sphere is “the first-ever social streaming device — like a cloud-connected jukebox where everyone brings their own music to the party,” says Google’s Andy Rubin. More
NXP puts SE in Nexus 7
Google’s Nexus 7 tablet, launched earlier today, contains a PN65 NFC controller from NXP... More
Google unveils Nexus 7 tablet with NFC
Google has unveiled its hotly anticipated Nexus tablet at the Google I/O developers’ conference in San Francisco... More
1m Android NFC devices now shipping every week
More than one million Android devices with in-built NFC functionality are now shipping every week, Google has announced at the Google I/O developers’ event in San Francisco... More
Google readying Nexus tablet?
Google could be getting ready to launch an NFC-equipped Android tablet at its I/O developer event this week, according to Gizmodo, which reports that the Nexus 7 is built by Asus and includes a 1.3Ghz quad-core Tegra 3 processor and a GeForce 12-core GPU... More