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Review: Simple to Use BlackBerry Music Gateway With NFC

RIM’s latest addition to the BlackBerry accessory line is the BlackBerry Music Gateway. The device is fairly small and lightweight which makes it convenient if you want to play your media using the Music Gateway either on your car stereo, or home media center or audio instruments equipped with auxiliary input. Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry Music Gateway Accessory With NFC Now Available

RIM first showed off the new NFC enabled BlackBerry Music Gateway accessory at Blackberry World this year. The new BlackBerry Music Gateway lets you wirelessly play music to your home or car stereo from your BlackBerry® smartphone, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet or any Bluetooth® enabled device. Features include:

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Blackberry 7.1 brings NFC sharing to UK handsets

Blackberry 7.1 brings NFC sharing to UK handsets (via The Inquirer) Be a fan

First NFC wallet BlackBerry service rolled out in Turkey

RIM today announced that they’re making use of that MasterCard PayPass certification for a near-field communications-enabled mobile wallet in Turkey. The Turkcell BlackBerry Bold 9900 will be spearheading the new contactless payment scheme, though it’s easy to imagine the wealth of other NFC BlackBerry devices getting in on the service Read the Rest of the story [...]

Quick Video Demo of BlackBerry Tag NFC Applications

Simon @IntoMobilescored a quick video showing off the new BlackBerry Tag branded NFC features RIM plans on adding soon. In the video the tag let you tap two devices together and transfer images. That would also let you transfer things like ringtones, documents, and what I really want… to Read the Rest of the story [...]

Inside Secure announces NFC chips to help distinguish knockoffs from the real thing

 

 

If you can’t tell if a Rolex or a knockoff Prada bag is fake, your NFC-enabled smartphone will be able to. Toking on a long-standing problem with counterfeiting, French company Inside Secure has released the Vault150 security module, a NFC-based chip that can be embedded into any product Read the Rest of the story [...]

Featured on NHC Blackberry NEWS Radio: Near Field Communication – what is it and why should we care about it?

 

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The future that Near Field Communications (NFC) promises is nothing short of astounding. However, the obstacles lying in the path of that future are just as great. NFC is honestly nothing new; as a technology, NFC has been around since 2004. In Read the Rest of the story [...]

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa partner with ISIS for mobile payments

Isis Forms Relationships with Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express

Isis Becomes the First and Only Mobile Commerce Platform with Full Support of All Four National Payment Networks

Aspen, Colorado — July 19, 2011: Isis, the national mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, today announced that Visa, MasterCard, Read the Rest of the story [...]