Payments through NFC have become increasingly more popular, through methods like Google Wallet. By simply pressing an enabled smartphone to a credit card terminal, a payment is made for the product being purchased. In all, it is a useful feature. However, it has been greatly restricted due to limited availability. Google Wallet is currently the only… Read more
Google Wallet has had a slow start in the US, only officially being available on the Nexus S from Sprint. Google is aware of this, and it appears that the giant partnership known as Isis may be sending fear into the heart of Google. We now have information that Google is still in talks with big carriers like AT&T and Verizon about bringing the service… Read more
Sprint has so far been the only carrier to offer full support of Google’s new payment option, Wallet. On top of that, only the Nexus S 4G actually takes advantage of the service, due to the NFC chip on board. Sprint is planning on ramping up with the service this year however, and will be offering at least 10 new devices. Only the LG Viper 4G is confirmed… Read more
Many Android users have been very excited about Google Wallet, something that has been available since last year on a select few Android devices. When I say select few, I mean two. Only the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (GSM version only) and Nexus S 4G have officially supported the service since its launch, so only owners of these two devices can safely use the… Read more
Samsung Galaxy Nexus users in the US have pretty much been out of luck if they wanted to use Google Wallet, as all the major carriers excluding Sprint have blocked the app. There have been hacks to get the app up and running, but still no official support. Today that has changed, as AT&T is now allowing install of the app on unlocked Galaxy Nexus’ running… Read more
Do you remember Google Wallet? The NFC system that was to make all your credit cards obsolete? Well, Google does too, just seems like carriers forgot. Google’s NFC system will probably not be making an appearance on your Android device, unless of course you are already leveraging the system (vis-a-vis Galaxy Nexus S 4G). Yes, that means that the new Galaxy… Read more
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