NFC Forum membership explodes with BarclayCard, C-Sam and many others

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NFC Forum membership explodes as BarclayCard, C-Sam and many others signup

The NFC Forum has announced that Barclaycard has become a Sponsor Member, which is the highest level a company can join at. As part of its new Sponsor Member status, Barclaycard will have a seat on the NFC Forum Board of Directors which governs the organization.

“Our newest members demonstrate the broad appeal of the work of the NFC Forum, and the variety of sectors that are represented emphasizes the value NFC technology can provide to businesses and consumers,” said Koichi Tagawa, Chairman of the NFC Forum. “We are pleased to welcome these new organizations’ participation in our work, and their contributions to the global NFC ecosystem. We are especially gratified that Barclaycard recognizes the leadership role of the Forum as demonstrated by their joining at the highest membership level.”

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UPM RFID and SimpleNFC launch TapThatTag NFC tag Android app

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UPM RFID and SimpleNFC launch TapThatTag Android app which helps users select the exact NFC tag they need effortlessly

UPM RFID and SimpleNFC (the company behind CustomerIn) have launched an Android app called TapThatTag that teaches users all about NFC tags. The two active companies in the NFC space have got together and launched a new Android app that allows users to pick the exact NFC tag they need for a specific project. When it comes to NFC tags, it can be a mine field to know what you need. There are NFC tags designed for indoor use, NFC tags designed for outdoor use and different NFC tags for stickers and smartposters. That just covers a few areas of NFC tags and doesn’t even touch on memory size, whether the tag is rewritable, whether an admin can lock the data on the tag, or even whether the data needs to be encoded at the factory and then remains unwritable from that point on. As an emerging industry, NFC tags have spawned different tags for different environments with different capabilities in different use cases. Okay, I think we’ve made our point that unless you are used to dealing with NFC tags, it can be a little confusing picking the right tag for a specific job. TapThatTag app guides you through the process.

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Kyocera Echo Android 2.3.4 update doesn’t bring NFC support

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Kyocera Echo Android 2.3.4 update doesn’t bring NFC support

Kyocera Echo to get NFC support, not! It sounded too good to be true that Kyocera had sneaked some NFC love into its dual screen Echo smartphone, and alas it was. A company spokesperson confirmed that the Android 2.3.4 update would not bring NFC capabilities to the Kyocera Echo and that the announcement was a mistake. The rumor mill went wild yesterday after the update announcement had been made, as it looked like Sprint already had NFC phone number two right under our noses since April and we didn’t even know it. The Kyocera Echo hadn’t made it to our list of NFC phones just yet.

No NFC support for the Kyocera Echo, yet

There, there, we know, it’ll all be okay. Being taken to a giddy high and then dropped back down to Earth can be hard on the tech lover in your life.

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How to turn your non NFC phone into a NFC-enabled phone

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How to turn your non NFC phone into a NFC-enabled phone

So you have heard about Google Wallet and Visa PayWave and are stuck in a contract for the next two years and find yourself wondering how you can turn your non NFC phone into a NFC-enabled phone. Well, it turns out that there are a few options in the market place. Out of the three options, two do not involve you selling your soul to your wireless carrier, which we consider is a good thing, right? The options available take different approaches to allowing you to turn your non NFC phone into a NFC-enabled phone including Micro SD memory cards, NFC Stickers & NFC sim cards. Off hand we can’t think of a mobile phone that wouldn’t fit into one of those categories so without further ado lets look at NFC Micro SD cards.

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