Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Acer has revealed its second NFC smartphone ahead of Mobile World Congress 2012... More
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NFC Devices
LG shows off quad core Optimus 4X HD with NFC
LG has taken the wraps off another NFC smartphone, its third this week, in the run up to Mobile World Congress 2012... More
Yubico introduces one-time password token that secures access to the contents of NFC phones
The online identity protection specialist, which has more than one million users in 100 countries, has developed a new version of its YubiKey device that can be used to lock and unlock access to applications and data stored on NFC phones. More
LG reveals Optimus 3D Cube with NFC
LG has unveiled another NFC smartphone, its second this week, in the run-up to the Mobile World Congress... More
DMD Mobile reveals low cost NFC smartphone
Malaysian company DMD Mobile has announced a low cost NFC smartphone for the Malaysian market... More
Samsung reveals two more NFC handsets
Samsung has announced two new smartphones in the run up to next week’s Mobile World Congress, and both have optional NFC functionality... More
LG touts Tag+ to change phone settings
Smartphone maker LG has unveiled the Optimus LTE Tag, a new smartphone destined for the Korean market... More
Fujitsu to launch phones and tablets featuring NFC and biometric security
Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu is to introduce a wide range of smartphones and tablets with both NFC and biometric security capabilities, according to a Financial Times report... More
Panasonic names NFC phone
The upcoming NFC smartphone announced by Panasonic in late 2011 is to be called the Eluga, the company has told attendees at its Panasonic Convention 2012 in Hamburg... More
ZTE announces NFC smartphone
Chinese manufacturer ZTE has announced an NFC smartphone which it will show at MWC 2012... More
Watchdata unveils NFC on a SIM
“Our new Simpass-SC solution gives MNOs what they want right now — the most practical and quick-to-deploy form factor,” says the company’s Michael Yu. “We feel this will provide greater customer attraction and higher ROI for our MNO customers.” More
Thales unveils EMV reader
The Thales OR 500 is a new reader designed for the transportation ticketing market that works with both traditional contactless transit cards and EMV bank cards... More
HP releases Envy Spectre ultrabook with NFC
HP has begun shipping the HP Envy 14 Spectre, an upmarket ultrabook PC that features extensive use of glass and includes NFC read/write capabilities... More
LG Optimus Vu to come with NFC?
LG has released a video teasing its new Optimus Vu smartphone, which looks set to come with NFC... More
Inside wins NFC phone order
Inside Secure has announced its NFC chip technology has been chosen to power “a next-generation smartphone from a leading mobile phone manufacturer.” The new phone is scheduled to be introduced by mid-year, “will run on one of the most widely used mobile operating systems under license” and will use Inside’s MicroRead NFC controller chip and Open NFC protocol stack software... More
Nokia looks to ‘portless’ phones
Nokia may use NFC connectivity and wireless charging in future phones to eliminate external ports from the devices, the company’s head of design has hinted in an interview with The Guardian... More
Fly and Tianyu pick MStar chip for new NFC phones
The Taiwanese semiconductor supplier’s NFC controller chip is to be used in an Android handset made by Tianyu for the Chinese market and a feature phone designed for B2B applications which is being introduced next month by a UK customer of handset maker Fly. More
MasterCard drops Apple NFC hint
“I don’t know of a handset manufacturer that isn’t in process of making sure their stuff is PayPass ready,” Ed McLaughlin, MasterCard‘s head of emerging payments has told Fast Company in an interview... More
Nintendo to include NFC in its next games console
The Wii U, expected to ship during the second half of 2012, is to come with NFC functionality built into its next-generation controller, allowing players to interact with NFC-enabled figures and cards as well as to pay for games and other items. More
Schwing! LikeBelt concept reads NFC tags with a hip thrust
Enterprising developers have come up with a ‘LikeBelt’, an NFC-enabled belt buckle that can register Facebook ‘likes’ or check-ins with a thrust of the wearer’s hips... More