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01Dec

Samsung gets into the NFC chip business; mobile payments coming to Samsung handsets?

Whenever Samsung needs something, they tend to build it themselves. Displays? Done. Memory? They’ve got it. CPUs? See the Hummingbird.

So when they go and announce that they’re now building their own Near Field Communication (NFC) chips (the chips used for paying at retail shops with a wave of your cell phone) complete with embedded flash memory, we can only assume one thing: Samsung’s gonna start planting these things in their own lineup. Given that Samsung builds a friggin’ platoon of new Android models every few months, and that Eric Schmidt has already revealed that the (Samsung-made) Nexus S has NFC-functionality, I can’t help but wonder: is NFC-based payment about to become a commonplace feature on Android?

Contact-based mobile payments are one of those things that everyone seems to want, but that no one (at least in the US) wants to take the first step to make happen. If any tag-team in the world can use their weight to get the ball rolling, though, it’s Samsung and Google.

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01Dec

Samsung gets into the NFC business; mobile payments coming to Samsung handsets?

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Whenever Samsung needs something, they tend to build it themselves. Displays? Done. Memory? They’ve got it. CPUs? See the Hummingbird.

So when they go and announce that they’re now building their own Near Field Communication (NFC) chips (the chips used for paying at retail shops with a wave of your cell phone) complete with embedded flash memory, we can only assume one thing: Samsung’s gonna start planting these things in their own lineup. Given that Samsung builds a friggen’ platoon of new Android models every few months, and that Eric Schmidt has already revealed that the (Samsung-made) Nexus S has NFC-functionality, I can’t help but wonder: is NFC-based payment about to become a commonplace feature on Android?

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06Oct

Acer Updates Veriton Business Desktop Series

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Acer’s Veriton business desktop line is updated with the Z410G-UD5700W all-in-one computer with a 21.5-inch 1080×920 screen, 320GB hard drive, dual-core Intel Pentium E5700 (3.0GHz) processor, and 2GB of RAM; and the Z290G-UD525W, with an 18.5-inch touchscreen monitor, dual-core Intel Atom D525 (1.8GHz) processor, and a fan-less design. Both computers will be available this month in the US and Canada for $719 and $599 respectively.

Knowing that every organization’s computing …

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03Oct

NEC introduces two new business oriented PCs in Japan

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Purely oriented for a business/office usage, NEC latest Mate Type G All in One desktop with its 19” WVGA+ monitor aims to achieve lower power consumption by adopting Intel latest i5 CPU (i5-560M) offering according to NEC a reduction of power consumption up to 24% compare to previous models, as well as now being installed with NEC “Presence Sensor” capable to put into sleep mode your PC once you leave your desk.
The other business model introduces by NEC today is a notebook, the VersaPro …

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30Sep

Android Market now paying developers in 20 more countries, open for business in a further 18

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Good news for you non-us Android developers today, as Google now supports paid apps in 20 more countries, bringing the total up to 29 countries where developers can accept payments in the Android Market.

According to the Android Developers Blog, developers in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan can now sell apps on the Android Market.

Also, over the next two weeks, the Android Market will open itself up to a further 18 countries, bringing the total number of countries able to access and purchase Android apps through the Market to 32.

The countries with fresh access to the Android Market include Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, and Taiwan.

If you’re an Android user, you have probably seen some apps that are free in the Android Market, but can be “unlocked” or “upgraded” after making a payment through PayPal. This is usually because the developer lives in a country where Google doesn’t support payments to developers.

Hopefully, today’s upgrade means that a fair chunk of these developers can now offer paid apps directly through the Market, offering a more streamlined (and trustworthy) payment method for app purchasers in any of the 32 supported countries.

This move should also go some way toward getting more app developers in more countries on-board with Android, helping it compete with Apple’s gigantic App Store.

[via Mashable]