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Samsung prepares for NFC with Samsung Galaxy III, Google Wallet being rethought
May 29th
The shortcomings of the Google Wallet have been a recent discussion topic of bloggers and other publications and according to Bloomberg, Google is now reconsidering its Wallet strategy. 
The adoption of the Google Wallet system has been less than expected and now Google may be considering using an incentive to entice carriers to adopt the Google Wallet. This strategy could even include perks such as the sharing of Google Wallets revenue’s with telecom providers in the hopes of increasing the implementation of the service. (Engadget)
According to Bloomberg, Google is also considering moving towards the adoption of in store terminals, a feature of NFC payments that other E-Wallet providers have been working on since the get go.
But, while Google considers its strategy of approach for NFC payments, more cell phone manufacturers such as electronic giant Samsung are making the preparations for NFC payment technology with their own systems in mind. Samsung recently confirmed that the next flagship phone, the Galaxy S III will contain an embedded chip to support NFC payments.
The features of the Galaxy S III include; enhanced security features and both proximity and online payment systems, which could all be part of Samsung’s own Wallet strategy.
The system would likely support the already established NFC payment systems such as Visa’s V.me and the MasterCard PayPass, according to NFC Times.
Although the Galaxy III will contain an NFC chip, whether the embedded chip will be activated or not is still in question. In markets such as the US, the telecom providers may have the final say as to whether or not the feature will be enabled for use.
Samsung’s progress raises the discussion of whether other mobile manufacturers will adopt their own Wallet systems for NFC payments, perhaps in a way that can be better integrated with other existing NFC payment technology.
Read the Full Press Release from Samsung about the features of the Samsung Galaxy S III.
Read more about Bloombergs comments on the Google Wallet
Mobile leaks: 3 new NFC mobiles revealed : Galaxy S2, BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry Torch 2
Jan 14th
3 more new phones with NFC chip embedded have been revealed on the web.
Extension du paiement mobile NFC à 8 nouvelles villes
Jan 12th
Le ministre de l’Économie numérique, Éric Besson, a décidé de poursuivre le projet de « Nice ville sans contact » et de lancer huit nouveaux projets pilotes de déploiement de services mobiles sans contact dans les villes de : Bordeaux, Caen, Lille, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Rennes, Strasbourg et Toulouse.
Didier Durand (AFSCM) : « 2011 sera l’année du déploiement du sans contact en France »
Dec 21st
L’Association française du sans contact mobile, fondée par Orange-SFR-Bouygues Telecom, veut monter un ecosystème NFC “ouvert” sous le label Cityzi. Premiers retours avec l’opération “Nice Sans Contact Mobile”.
SFR sera peut être le premier acteur à commercialiser le Nexus S
Dec 9th
Selon businessMOBILE.fr sfr pourrait commercialiser le Nexus S de Google dans le courant du premier trimestre de l’année prochaine, certainement pendant ou juste après le Mobile World Congress de Barcelone qui se tient en février à Barcelone.
Cette information n’est pas confirmée, mais rappelons qu’SFR avait déjà été le premier opérateur à commercialiser le Nexus One.
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