We speculated the thought that the next generation iPhone may include NFC capabilities yesterday upon a leaked photo of iPhone internals. While the situation seemed right, with Passbook being released in iOS 6, some other sources pleaded otherwise. AnAndTech's Brian Klug has deeply analyzed 'iPhone 5' leaked parts and rumors, and has determined the metal...
Less than a month ago, Apple acquired fingerprint sensor maker AuthenTec for $356 million, an acquisition that surprised many, except for SeekingAlpha. They predicted AuthenTec to be the perfect fit for Apple as a mobile wallet payment system, based on an earlier NFC patent noted by Patently Apple that revealed the possibility of where such...
Boy Genius Report has published a story that claims the next generation iPhone is not in its production phase yet, countering what we've heard from previous reports. BGR claims the an Apple product goes through various phases before it is manufactured such as “engineering verification test” stages and the “design verification test” phases. The 'iPhone 5'...
Last month with the launch of iOS 6 beta, Apple introduced an all new Passbook digital wallet app at the WWDC 2012 event and today, a new Apple patent which relates to NFC-enabled transportation ticketing, further increases speculations of NFC capabilities coming to future iOS devices (via MacRumors). The patent reveals a new the disclosed "iTravel" application which would apparently handle a...
We've long heard about the usage of near field communication (NFC) for mobile payments in the latest smartphones, such as the recent partnership between Rogers and CIBC. Google has Google Wallet for Android but what about iOS and the iPhone? The Wall Street Journal has profiled some details about Apple's low ambitions toward a mobile...
Further investigation into the hardware data dump pulled from alleged next generation iPhone prototypes have revealed near-field communication (NFC) capabilities, reports 9to5Mac: We’ve previously been able to pull data from PreEVT iPhone 5,1 and iPhone 5,2 prototypes codenamed N41AP (5,1) and N42AP (5,2), which leads us to believe that the new iPhone will have a...
Today Patently Apple points towards trademark applications filed in Canada by Apple for key iOS 6 apps and icons. Applications were filed for Guided Access, the new Apple Maps icon, Flyover and Passbook (for the name and icon). The interesting part of their report is the reference to the Vienna classification descriptors in the filing for...
Yesterday we told you about the media event announcement between Rogers and CIBC, and today we find out what it's all about. Both companies have announced this morning the launch of a joint mobile payment solution. Customers will soon be able to pay with their CIBC credit card wirelessly via a Rogers Near Field Communications...
According to a report from The Globe and Mail, Canadians can expect mobile payment solutions fairly soon, as our big banks and mobile carriers have agreed upon a set of standards: The new guidelines, which are expected to be made public as early as Monday, will open the door for partnerships between financial institutions and...
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a short range (approx. 4 inches) wireless communication technology used in mobile phones for a variety of applications such as mobile payments. A lot of rumors in the past have suggested that Apple is pretty much interested in bringing this NFC technology to the iPhone and now, we have some more...
Further speculation of an NFC-capable iPhone coming in 2012 have emerged, this time from Digitimes: As Android, Symbian, BlackBerry and Bada have supported NFC (near field communication) functions and Microsoft and Apple plan to make Windows Phone and iOS support NFC in 2012, the proportion of NFC-enabled smartphones will quickly increase from less than 10%...
Ever thought how it all came to actually "paying for stuff" with a cell phone? Well, this interesting infographic should give you a pretty good idea how things evolved from a time when live stock was used as a currency to the present era when one can simply link a credit card to a smartphone and...
