Tag: Near Field Communications
Wii U controller now has NFC capabilties
As well as revealing the Nintendo Network online community features, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata confirmed new capabilities were being added to the tablet-like controller of the upcoming Wii U console. Top of the list of new features was NFC tech,…
Google Wallet launching on 19th September?
Google Wallet (the mobile NFC payment system by the search giants) may be set to launch today, September 19th, according to a leaked memo. The system, which allows users to top up an NFC-enabled smartphone with pre-pay (PayPass) credit…
iPhone 5 NFC tech bringing "E-Wallet" to Jesus Phones?
A new batch of recently awarded Apple patents have popped up over on tracker site Patently Apple, adding more fuel to the fire that the iPhone 5 will feature near-field communications tech. Sitting on an illustration of the iPhone homescreen…
O2 Wallet – using your phone as your Oyster/Paywave/etc card
O2 have just completed a test of “near field communications”. It’s the technology used in Visa Paywave cards, Oyster cards, cards that let you into your block of flats, and all sorts of things. A similar sort of thing to the Barclaycard OnePulse card, but they want to put it into your phone so you don’t have to carry around a physical card. Good idea in theory. But what about in practice…?
