Nokia has unveiled its first two Windows 8 handsets – the NFC-enabled Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. The flagship Lumia 920 (pictured) features a 4.5-inch Nokia PureMotion HD+ WXGA IPS LCD display, Nokia’s largest ever 2000mAh battery with integrated Qi wireless charging, 1.5GHz Dual Core Snapdragon S4 processor and embedded NFC. The 920 also debuts […]

As the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement gains traction among companies looking to incorporate mobile technology into their systems, a study finds that 71% of businesses that do enable employees to use their own mobile devices do not have policies and procedures for BYOD deployment and security. The study, conducted by security awareness training […]

NFC software solutions provider Stollman announced a partnership with Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions, an automotive infotainment company, and Funkwerk Dabendorf, a mobile communication solutions provider for the automotive industry, to enable the integration of smart phones into cars via NFC. The Germany-based partners say they will jointly develop a solution that combines NFC, Wireless […]

Orange and Barclaycard are ready to release the first Android smart phone compatible with their Quick Tap contactless payments service. From its debut in May, 2011, Quick Tap has been available only on the Samsung Tocco and Samsung Wave 578. In April, it was announced that Quick Tap would be expanded to NFC-enabled Android handsets. […]

DeviceFidelity has announced a number of updates for its moneto mobile wallet service: A new app feature, “Money Move,” enables iPhone and Android moneto users to send peer-to-peer money transfers to other moneto users free of charge. The moneto microSD card for Android now comes with 4GB of additional storage, and is supported on several […]

Google Wallet may soon move beyond payments and loyalty to incorporate tickets, credentials and other things cluttering your physical wallet, according to Robin Dua, head of product management for Google Wallet. Taking a page out of Apple’s Passbook, the expanded Google Wallet would hold all kinds of digitized information – from boarding passes to work […]

Oberthur Technologies has announced that its trusted service manager (TSM) platform has been adopted by Australian bank Westpac for its new NFC payments pilot. Using Oberthur’s solution, Westpac will be able to securely issue personalized MasterCard debit cards to the SIM card of pilot participants’ Android handsets. Once the debit card has been issued, customers […]

Audio electronics maker Harman is partnering with Nokia to develop a line of wireless consumer audio products under its JBL brand, starting with an NFC-enabled portable speaker – the JBL PlayUp. Announced just a day after Sony’s own portable NFC speaker, the JBL PlayUp Portable Wireless Speaker connects wirelessly to any existing Nokia Lumia phone […]

Sony has unveiled two new NFC-enabled Xperia smart phones – the Xperia T (pictured) and Xperia V. The Xperia T, Sony’s new flagship mobile device, runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and featurres a 4.6″ HD display, 13MP camera, full 1080p HD video, 1.5GHz dual core processor and embedded NFC. Sony has not made […]

Trusted Labs, a France-based evaluator of embedded systems, has extended its 2011 ISO 17025 accreditation to include the validation of NFC mobile applications. Trusted Labs can now provide security validation services for Android, Java, and iOS NFC handset applications, as well as USIM Java Card applications. According to Trusted Labs, these services verify that the […]