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Galaxy S III: market deploy on first half of the year
2 days ago
The new version of the Samsung Galaxy smartphone will not be announced on World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, but in a “stand alone” event scheduled next to market deploy, as told by Samsung himself. This event seems to be in April, anyway in the first half of the year.
The new Galaxy will mount the Android Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) OS. Web rumors talks about the implementation of a 3D display technology which works without the support of any kind of glasses, like Nintendo 3DS…
Mobile payments boost as Visa certifies more handsets for payWave
3 weeks ago
More NFC-enabled smartphones from vendors including Samsung and Research In Motion (RIM) were certified to work with card giant Visa’s payWave mobile application on Tuesday, as the mobile payments industry continues to mature.
Visa Europe announced that the Samsung Galaxy S II, LG Optimus NET NFC, BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry Curve 9360 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 were all compatible with the system, paving the way for greater consumer use of the service.Apple, after all rumors happened last year, absentee in NFC arena for now.
In June 2011, Vodafone, O2 and Everything, Everywhere announced a partnership to create a SIM-based mobile payment system for the UK, building on the work done by Orange and Barclaycard with their Quick Tap initiative.
“We are working with our member banks, mobile network operators and key handset partners to ensure that future payment technologies are as easy, intuitive and secure as card-based transactions are today,” said Sandra Alzetta, head of mobile business unit and innovation, strategy, at Visa Europe.
“Today’s announcement plays a significant role in getting those new technologies into the hands of the consumer.”
The card giant said the payWave certified devices would be compatible with existing NFC terminals to enable Visa account holders to wave their devices in front of the terminals in participating outlets to pay for goods.
Ovum analyst Eden Zoller cautioned about false dawns for the m-commerce industry, despite the clear momentum now behind mobile payments.
Integrated NFC/RFID solution for deploying all-in-one RFID infrastructure for inventory & security to retailers opens new marketing channels to consumers
TAGSYS, a provider of item-level RFID infrastructure, and Think&Go, a specialist in Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled services and solutions to the retail industry, today announced that they have combined forces to offer retailers a complete RFID/NFC integrated solution to not only manage inventory and security but also enhance the customer shopping experience, keeping the same RFID Tag infrastructure.
The partnership grew out of collaboration on several projects to extend the reach of RFID item-level tracking beyond the scope of inventory and security management to the consumer shopping experience. Using the same RFID infrastructure, manufacturers can benefit from distributed product information–and consumers, through their NFC-enabled smartphones–can access personalized information and services.
The combined TAGSYS and Think&Go NFC solution offers new benefits to retailers and consumers, without adding large infrastructure costs.
More and more Retailers and Brands are adopting RFID technology: A recent announcement indicated that 850 Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s stores will deploy radio frequency identification technology at product level in 2012.
Many RFID projects use tags that can be read with the increasingly available NFC phones. When RFID tags are used to track high-value spare parts in the Luxury market, or to verify product authentication in the medical industry, the item-level tracking is used by the distribution network and by the point of sale. By using widely available NFC phones, Brands and Retailers can now offer extended product information (i.e. marketing, couponing, alerting) to their customers and consumers, and therefore optimize costs and reactivity of their extended distribution network.
In the Apparel market, where item-level RFID tracking goes as far as the retail outlet, existing RFID tags being used for regular inventory control and for security purposes can also be read by consumers equipped with NFC phones to provide additional product information, collect coupons and link to social networks, allowing an integrated brand-to-consumer information system with benefits in cost control and consumer loyalty.
“This partnership expands the reach of traditional item-level RFID and NFC applications,” said Alain Fanet CEO of TAGSYS. “By integrating our respective technologies, TAGSYS will not only simplify the deployment of real-time wireless tracking and communications technologies over the cloud, but also provide valuable customer and product data to retailers and manufacturers, while enhancing the shopping experience for consumers and building brand loyalty.”
“We have been delighted to discover the complementarity of our solutions and we are confident that the combination of our NFC-Shopping solution which has been deployed with several leading chain stores with TAGSYS’ widely successful solutions will bring far reaching benefits to our retail customers,” added Vincent Berge, CEO and Founder of Think&Go NFC.
TAGSYS and Think&Go NFC will both be present at NRF Retail’s Big Show from 15th to 18th January 2012 in New York City, USA.
