So it's been almost a year with NFC...

[wirednuts]

im guessing its a security layer that has to be implemented by each carrier? i dont know why else it would matter. but on the same point, cellular communication is inherently secure and we pay online through it all the time already... so yea i have no idea either.

 

[zerocool84]

I thought it's already been known that only the Nexus S on Sprint uses Google Wallet and a few others on Sprint. Blame your carrier for blocking it and making their own NFC payment system. I've used Google Wallet tons of times. It's easy to use but it's not widespread enough for me to care to use it.

 

[dguy6789]

I used Google Wallet a few times on my VZW GN. It's really cool but there aren't enough places you can use it yet and definitely not enough phones that work with it.

 

[ilkhan]

I feel like that's how it's been. Apple's driven the industry successfully. No one cared about front facing cameras til Facetime made it big. Heck we had front facing cameras in 2006 or so on the Nokia N-series phones.

Apple drives the industry because, quite simply, they get it into a lot of hands very quickly. As popular as android is, only a small portion of the phones actually support it.
Get it in a decent portion of the country's hand at once, and they'll start paying attention.

 

[akugami]

Apple drives the industry because, quite simply, they get it into a lot of hands very quickly. As popular as android is, only a small portion of the phones actually support it.
Get it in a decent portion of the country's hand at once, and they'll start paying attention.

I'd argue that at this point, Samsung is almost as effective in getting tech to be adopted provided Samsung implements it into every current model of phone and not just one or two. Where Apple still trumps is the amount of press it can generate.

 

[QueBert]

I'd argue that at this point, Samsung is almost as effective in getting tech to be adopted provided Samsung implements it into every current model of phone and not just one or two. Where Apple still trumps is the amount of press it can generate.

Samsung can't even get AT&T to allow them to activate the NFC that's built into the fucking Galaxy Note. My phone has it, but thanks to AT&T I had to root and install a custom rom to get it working. Best believe if the iPhone 5 has NFC, AT&T will allow Apple to turn it on. Samsung has little clout with the carriers, Apple pretty much sets whatever demands they want.