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VIDEO: Apple prototyping RFID iPhones?
Nearfield comms 6 November 2009 11:01 GMT
Apple is rumoured to be testing some prototypes of a next-generation iPhone that includes an RFID reader built in. According to Einar Rosenberg, who runs LinkedIn's Near Field Communications group, "the reaction was very positive that we can expect this in the next gen...
EAT to offer contactless payment nationwide
Wave and pay across the UK 2 November 2009 11:28 GMT
Barclaycard has announced another high street retailer is to roll out a contactless payment system for its OnePulse cards.

Sandwich, soup and cofee shop EAT is to offer wave and pay transactions across its entire chain of 100 stores from mid-November.
Smug Mug adds RFID chip to coffee cup
A new take on wave-and-pay 20 October 2009 16:16 GMT
In the States a college inventor has created an RFID-enabled coffee cup, allowing for wave-and-pay transactions in coffee houses without getting your wallet out.

While here in the UK NFC phones and RFID card systems have and are being trialled by both the...
Freecom launches hard drive with RFID keycard
Wave the card to unlock your storage 8 July 2009 11:07 GMT
Freecom is offering an external hard drive that locks via a keycard.

The Hard Drive Secure is aimed at both businesses and particularly security conscious consumers and comes complete with two RFID-equipped, AES encrypted cards.

Waving the card...
Apple patents haptics, fingerprint reader and RFID for iPhone
Future iPhone features revealed? 2 July 2009 16:00 GMT
New patent applications uncovered by MacRumours reveal potential future iPhone plans from Apple, that cover tactile feedback for the touchscreen, biometrics and wave-and-pay possibilities.

Unlike rival's touchscreens the iPhone's multi-touch display does not...
NXP announces industry standard NFC chip
New contactless payment handsets due in Q3 11 May 2009 13:56 GMT
Contactless payment with your mobile phone is a step closer to wider adoption as an industry development that sees a universal platform created for the technology, has now been announced.

Philips' NXP has unveiled what it says is the world's first truly industry...
VIDEO: Megawhat visits the British Music Experience
A trip to the interactive exhibition 17 March 2009 11:21 GMT
Susi Weaser heads to the British Music Experience at The O2 Arena.

A new, super-interactive "music experience", the BME highlights the highs and lows of the British music industry with tons of tech to help.

Touchscreen displays, holograms, web...
Orange and Barclaycard team up for contactless phone payments
Wave and pay partnership 9 March 2009 9:42 GMT
Orange and Barclaycard have announced a partnership to develop "a range of mobile, financial and payment services that will change the way we pay".

The companies will launch co-branded products and services that will let their combined 28 million customers use...
British Music Experience comes with RFID ticket
Take your experience home 6 March 2009 9:52 GMT
Pocket-lint had the chance to visit the British Music Experience at the O2, a celebration of 60 years of British music. The thing that really caught our attention was the techy ticket.

The British Music Experience is keen to differentiate itself from a museum,...
Barclays announces contactless debit cards
Three million to be issued by the end of the year 7 January 2009 10:26 GMT
Barclays has announced it is to offer contactless Visa debit cards to its customers.

From March, most Barclays debit cards that are issued or reissued will have contactless technology built in as standard.

Barclays says this will mean more than...
Pret A Manger to roll out contactless payment
As Barclaycard announces millionth RFID-enabled card issued 27 November 2008 17:15 GMT
Pret A Manger has announced it is to offer contactless payment facilities following a successful trial in London.

The sandwich shop chain said it will roll-out the integrated contactless electronic point-of-sale systems to 171 UK stores.

Due to...
Mir:ror RFID reading PC peripheral launches
Novelty gadget reads tags 19 November 2008 16:34 GMT
The folk behind the Nabaztag internet bunny thing have launched the Mir:ror, an RFID reader designed for the home.

It connects to a PC (Windows or Mac) via USB and can be programmed to launch selected applications when it detects an object equipped with one...
GSMA calls for more NFC-enabled handsets
Lack of decent phones holding back contactless payment 18 November 2008 11:04 GMT
The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, is calling for full NFC functionality to be built-in to commercially available mobile handsets from mid-2009.

The group, backed by industry partners who have carried out successful "Pay-Buy-Mobile" trials,...
BMW and NXP launch world's first multifunctional car key
Contactless key as credit card 22 October 2008 13:29 GMT
BMW and NXP Semiconductors, a Philips company, have unveiled a prototype of the world's first "multifunctional" car key.

The prototype product features contactless payment, personalised access control, and advanced functionalities including public transport...
VIDEO: Nabaztag learns to read Ladybird books
RFID reader 20 October 2008 15:35 GMT
What do you get if you combine a rabbit, a ladybird and penguin?

Nabaztag, the rabbit-shaped PC peripheral, has seen a team up with Penguin's Ladybird books for kids that means the bunny can "read" the stories.

By scanning the book's RFID chip...
USB train tickets tested in France
Un flash drive billet, s'il vous plait 5 September 2008 10:27 GMT
Following the news that 89% of testers in O2's phone payment Oyster trial wanted to use the system full time, it's been revealed that our cross-channel cousins are having a go at something similar.

SNCF, a French train company, is trialling USB "tickets" that...
O2 reports results of NFC Wallet trial
78% would 2 September 2008 14:30 GMT
O2 has released the results of its NFC-based "Wallet" trial and the findings look positive for the future of contactless payment in the UK.

In Europe's largest ever such experiment the O2 Wallet trial took place over 6 months and involved 500 guinea pigs that...
McDonald's in Japan trials RFID payment
Get a Big Mac with your mobile 23 May 2008 10:22 GMT
McDonald's has launched it’s new "Kazasu" (which means "contactless") coupon loyalty and payment scheme in Japan.

The programme will roll out initially across 175 premises in the country but will eventually be expanded to all 3800 nationwide "restaurants" by...
NFC-enabled Nokia 6212 classic announced
Phone from the future 15 April 2008 10:21 GMT
Nokia has introduced the Nokia 6212 classic featuring integrated Near Field Communication (NFC).

The 3G handset will allow owners to share content, access services and information as well as conduct payments and ticketing with one tap of the device, such as...
Pet-Mate Elite door with RFID
Create a curfew for your cats 3 March 2008 6:39 GMT
The Pet-Mate Elite is a high-tech pet door that lets you control which cats and dogs can come in and out of your home, and when.

It uses RFID technology in up to eight chips, that controls access and has a timer function so you can chose when to allow your...
Siemens shows Gigaset concept phones
Red-Dot-Design-Award winners 22 February 2008 14:52 GMT
Siemens has unveiled some concept phones - the Gigaset "Onyx" and "Helium". Both phones have received Red-Dot-Design-Awards and support what Siemens says is "innovative, holistic high-tech communication".

Apparently symbolising the interaction between living...
Virtuity offers self destructing laptop technology
Data wiped if machine moves from safe zone 19 February 2008 16:35 GMT
A British company has developed an intelligent security technology that can block access and destroy data if a laptop is moved from its designated space.

Backstopp, from technology company, Virtuity, constantly monitors the electronic "heartbeat" of a laptop...
Oyster scheme to offer a watch
Timepiece to join cards and phones for Tube payment 29 January 2008 10:48 GMT
The cashless payment scheme Oyster is to launch a new way to pay for London transport users, it is being reported.

As well as the Oyster cards, the Barclaycard-flavoured Oyster cards and a new Nokia/O2 phone trial, the scheme will extend the contactless payment...
Loc8tor Lite launches in the UK
Find what you're looking for 22 January 2008 16:12 GMT
As previewed by Pocket-lint at 2007's IFA tech-fest, Loc8tor has launched the Loc8tor "Lite" in the UK.

The credit card sized Loc8tor Lite is smaller and lighter than the previous models meaning it fits easily into a wallet or purse, claims the company.
Poll: Majority of Pocket-lint readership up for Oyster-phone
57% say yes to mobile payment on Tube 7 December 2007 9:40 GMT
Following the news that O2 has launched trials of its "O2 Wallet" we were interested to know if the technology-loving Pocket-lint readership would see this as a bonus mobile phone application, or a bogus waste of time.

The primary use of the "Tube-Phone", a...