10 March 2010

Nokia’s NEW NFC 6216 Classic

At first glance, Nokia’s announcement last week about the new Nokia 6216 doesn’t seem so "new".  For the most part, the handset is identical to the existing 6212 (which is what we do all our current NFC development work on). What makes it new is that the secure element is on the SIM - whereas the old version has an integrated chip, as a feature of the handset itself.

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Tagged with Mobile Mobile marketing Mobile payments Near Field Communication

0 Comments. Posted by Victoria 29 April 2009

MoMo London - good news for mobile payments

I had a great time at MoMo last night - reminding me that I must get to these monthly meets more often. While the presentations on "How to Finance your Business in a Credit Crunch" were generally informative - no one said anything specific about current times. By contrast, the panel debate was excellent so I thought I'd share some of the points I picked up, particularly because the news is broadly good for mobile.

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Tagged with iPhone Mobile payments

0 Comments. Posted by Neil 21 April 2009

Contactless applications for 2012 Olympics

I was at the CI spring conference last week representing Zeus, a group of companies (see footnotes) working hard to keep contactless technologies on the 2012 Olympics roadmap. LOGOC’s Paul Williamson was also there and brought a healthy chunk of realism to the conversation. He kept us focussed with a reminder that the Olympic Games is a sporting event designed to entertain people. It lasts just two weeks and there’s little point in putting expensive infrastructure in place for core applications – like ticketing – when there are highly cost effective lower tech solutions that are fit for purpose.

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Tagged with Mobile Near Field Communication RFID Sticky labels

0 Comments. Posted by Neil 09 April 2009

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