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iPhone 5S will be NFC equipped and come with fingerprint authorization technology
Rumors surrounding Apple’s next-gen iPhone are starting to crystallize, with the latest news coming courtesy of the China Times which reports that the iPhone 5S will come with NFC functionality along with a fingerprint authorization sensor under the home button. The report claims that Apple has tapped the Taiwanese chip company Chipbond to help build […]
Continue reading...Apple signs deal with another fingerprint security firm – Report
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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MacRumors points us to a report regarding a deal Apple recently completed with an Australian company called Microlatch which specializes in fingerprint authentication, further lending credence to reports that Apple is keen on implementing said security feature for what very well may be NFC functionality in the future. And this of course is in addition […]
Continue reading...About the iPhone 5’s lack of NFC
Thursday, September 20, 2012
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The iPhone 5 is hitting stores in just a day, and though it has a bevy of new software and design features, some folks are still yapping away calling it a boring upgrade. One “shortcoming”, if you want to call it that, is the iPhone 5’s lack of NFC support, you know the technology that […]
Continue reading...Phil Schiller explains the lightning connector and why there’s no NFC in the iPhone 5
Friday, September 14, 2012
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Apple showed off the iPhone 5 for the first time this past Wednesday and though they introduced a number of new features – 4G support, a larger screen, an upgraded camera – one rumored feature wasn’t mentioned at all. Of course, I’m referring to NFC support. Still, Apple does have its Passbook feature in iOS […]
Continue reading...Why the iPhone 5 won’t be equipped with NFC
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about the iPhone 5 came scattered reports that Apple’s next-gen smartphone would be equipped with NFC chips. Indeed, rumors of Apple’s interest in NFC date back quite a while and Apple has made a number of NFC related hires and patent filings in this […]
Continue reading...Take a look at Apple’s iWallet patent filings
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Tremendously interesting stuff courtesy of Patently Apple.
Continue reading...Merchants explain why they’re excited about Google Wallet
Monday, May 30, 2011
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So Google may have beaten Apple to the NFC punch and they certainly have a lot of partners on board. One significant hurdle towards mass adoption however is that the service is currently only available on one phone and on one carrier that just happens to be one of the smallest in the US – […]
Continue reading...NFC on the Nexus S 4G is about to go operational
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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With all of the rumors swirling around the potential for NFC functionality on the next iPhone, it’s sometimes easy to forget that there’s already a popular smartphone out on the market with that very feature. We’re talking, of course, about the Nexus S – Google’s flagship smartphone manufactured by Samsung. It’s most recent incarnation is […]
Continue reading...NFC payments coming to Apple retail stores?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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By John Hiesler: Just one day after an analyst report relayed that the next-gen iPhone would not come equipped with NFC technology, BGR is reporting, citing several well-placed sources, that Apple may be integrating NFC technology into its stores. First off, Apple’s POS devices — its iPod touch-based wireless payment terminals — recently all went offline […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5, or is it 4S these days, won’t come with NFC functionality – Report
Monday, May 16, 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: Apple’s next iPhone release will not come with built-in NFC functionality according to a new report from Bernstein Research. NFC (Near Field Communications) is a technology that would enable the iPhone to act as a virtual wallet. With an embedded chip hooked up to a user’s credit card account, or to iTunes […]
Continue reading...More reports surrounding an NFC enabled iPhone 5
Monday, March 21, 2011
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Aside from a larger screen, one of the more oft-cited iPhone 5 rumors regards whether or not Apple will implement NFC technology into the device. NFC of course stands for Near Field Communications and the technology would enable iPhone owners to pay for goods and services by swiping their device over a payment pad.
Continue reading...New report claims iPhone 5 will come with NFC technology
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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With the dust still settling from the iPad 2 launch, the rumors circulating around the upcoming iPhone 5 remain scarce. While it was largely assumed that the next-gen iPhone would come equipped with NFC technology for electronic payments and such, it was reported earlier this week that Apple was holding off on implementing the technology […]
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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