Google’s official support site for Google Wallet has pretty much confirmed the physical Google Wallet card (as if we weren’t already sure!). We reported on the card earlier, but now we have even bigger news. A new Google Wallet app sans NFC support will hit all Android devices running 2.3.3 or later. This means that the app will be able to control the… Read more
CyanogenMod is one of the most popular ROMs out there and today stable builds of CyanogenMod 9.1 are going out with a fancy new feature built in. This latest feature is called Tapp and is powered by SimplyTapp, a company that allows you to make cloud-based NFC payments with your phone. First of all, you have to sign up which requires you to flash CM9.1… Read more
Sprint has been the only carrier so far to officially support Google’s own Wallet NFC payment system as the other carriers have been banking on another mobile payment system called ISIS. Now after tedious months of uncertain waiting, it’s been reported that ISIS may finally launch this September. This report comes from Bloomberg who interviewed the CEO… Read more
Google has been continuing to improve and advocate for Google Wallet. This has all been done in an attempt to garner more market share as the competition begins to stiffen up. As Google and it’s rivals know, mainstream appeal and adoption is the only key to success in the mobile payment medium. In an attempt to showcase Google Wallet’s features for the… Read more
Have you been craving a new physical keyboard for your phone but haven’t been digging any of the Bluetooth keyboards that are available? Usher in the NFC keyboard. This silicone keyboard looks great and useful until you see the price which comes out to roughly $240 USD. If that wasn’t bad enough then you might want to know that the battery inside of it… Read more
Google Wallet never supported anything but Citi MasterCards, further limiting its already tiny audience (since only a few phones ever supported Wallet). However, that tiny audience gets to use other cards from now on. Google Wallet now supports all MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover bank cards. However, it isn’t true support. It has… Read more
The Nexus 7 news just keeps coming and now we have a bit more of it for you. The Google Wallet Google+ page has just announced that a new software update is now rolling out to the lucky owners of the Nexus 7 to include Google Wallet on their device. This is great news for those of you itching to try out Google’s NFC payment system on your tablet. The… Read more
Say hello to the LG VS930 and what appears to be Verizon’s version of the Optimus II LTE. According to the anonymous tipster who sent these shots to Engadget, this future Big Red smartphone will pack: Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 SoC 4.7″ True HD IPS display (1280 x 720) 16GB of internal… Read more
First, we ask a question: How many of you have NFC enabled phones? Not many, but there are quite a few. Now we ask THE question: How many of you are able to use your phones as a digital wallet? That’s right, not many. There are 6 phones that are able to officially use Google Wallet, and they are all (but one) on one carrier, Sprint. There is the… Read more
Last week is when we first got word that Sprint may be planning to create their own NFC payment system in place of Google Wallet. Now, according to some slides leaked to Android Central, it seems that Sprint really may be planning to ditch Google Wallet. We don’t know of any financial partners just yet but if the picture is true then we may see brands… Read more
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