Nokia's 2011 Smartphones Have Built-In Wireless Payment Tech: Take That, Apple!

Speaking at the Moby Forum, a Nokia spokesman has confirmed that every Nokia smartphone from 2011 will have near field comms built in--the tech that makes wireless credit card payments work. NFC technology permits extremely short-range wireless data transfers to take place, which makes things like contactless subway fares, concert tickets, merchandise, or the Visa-based contractless credit card system work. It's a move to keep relevant in the face of Apple's advances in contactless payment systems.
Nokia's VP for Markets, Anssi Vanjoki, wouldn't reveal much. The smartphones will support the Single Wire Protocol and MicroSD security and possibly a Nokia security unit too. Single Wire Protocol is a new standard that defines how near field comm technology in a cell phone integrates with the SIM card inside cellphones. This integration provides a basic level of user-ID security in any wireless interactions that occur.
Nokia may simply be responding to a 2008 call from the GSM Association that mobile phone makers build full NFC powers into phones from the middle of 2009--which, frankly, hasn't happened. But this doesn't detract from the boldness of this news. Until now the technology has been little exploited outside of these simple uses, but the fact that it's relatively secure, fast and can actually share a sizable chunk of data when you swipe one NFC device over another means it has almost limitless applications when connected to as sophisticated a device as a smartphone.
Meanwhile, Apple's been filing patent after patent for years relating to novel uses for NFC technology from smart concert tickets, to how intelligent shopping baskets would use the tech in stores, to reinventing the ATM with NFC identification via an iPhone. In fact so many Apple patents have been popping up with NFC in them somewhere that when the first teardowns of the iPhone 4 arrived, it was surprising not to see a telltale flat spiral wire NFC antenna anywhere in sight. In light of this Nokia news, Apple's now very likely to include NFC as a killer iPhone 5 feature.
What does this news mean for you? If you're a Nokia fan then you can expect some novel systems popping up (probably more in Europe than the U.S., given Nokia's history) that use NFC for payments in stores, vending machines and so on. The entire tech may in fact get a boost, and become more visible to the man in the street, simply thanks to the volume of devices Nokia sells. And we can also expect a number of high-profile lawsuits to hit, if Nokia--desperately trying to vamp-up its ailing smartphone business--infringes on anything Apple's patented.BY Kit Eaton
http://www.fastcompany.com/1661488/nokia-nfc-wireless-id-cell-phones-smartphones-apple-patent-near-field-comms

Samsung cell phones QWERTY keyboards

The Reality is one of those Samsung cell phones that you can buy for as low as $80 if you choose a 2 year contract with Verizon Wireless. This phone has 4.23 x 2.09 x 0.65 inches in dimensions and it has 4 ounces in weight.

The display of this Samsung measures 3 inches in diagonal and it comes with 262K color support and a 240 x 400 pixel resolution. The touch screen is very resistant and it is also easy to use. You also get a set of physical buttons like the Send key, the Back and Clear buttons, the End and the Power buttons. On the left spine you will find the volume rocker plus the screen lock key and the charger jack. The right side is host to the microSD card slot, a speakerphone key, the voice command key, and the camera button. On the back of the phone you can find the camera lens plus the self portrait mirror.



Aside from other Samsung cell phones that have onscreen QWERTY keyboards, the Samsung Reality comes with a full physical QWERTY keyboard that has 4 rows and it feels very pleasant to the touch. The keyboard is spacious and it has a dedicated number row and even the shift and function keys. Using the A, W, S and D button plus the arrow keys are suitable for moments when you want to play games. Whenever you slide the phone open, the screen changes its orientation from portrait to landscape mode so you can start using the QWERTY keyboard. The Samsung Reality cell phone has an address book that can store 1000 contacts and for each of these contacts you can save up to 5 numbers, 2 e-mail addresses, 2 street addresses and even an instant messaging screen name.



Some of the features of this cell phone are the calculator, the calendar, the stop watch, a notepad, a times and even an alarm clock. With the file viewer you can read different Microsoft Office Documents. On the back of the phone you will find a 3.2 megapixel camera which is capable of taking photos at a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. It comes with features like autoshot mode, a night shot mode, five white balance presets, five color effects, adjustable ISO and options for adjusting the brightness, the contrast and even the sharpness. The photo quality is average and you can even use the camera to record some videos. Audio quality is above average and with the included headphones jack you can attach you own pair of ear buds. Battery life is very important but it is never good enough on a smart phone which is packed with a lot of high end technology features. Even so, you must be able to rely on your Samsung cell phone so the battery does not die in your moment of need. The battery of the Samsung Reality manages to keep the cell phone on for about 5 hours of talk time and approximately 12 days in standby mode.

Nokia X6 Review Specifications and Price

Nokia X6 is the first generation phone from Nokia X-Series is a series of music mobile phones to replace the previous XpressMusic series.  
Nokia X6 was first introduced at the Nokia World event in 2009 and early September. As a top-class music phone like the iPhone, Nokia X6 offers a full-featured touchscreen, 5MP camera with flash and autofocus and dual LED flash, integrated A-GPS with Ovi Maps 3.0, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, and USB 2.0 High-Speed. Comes With Music and music-playback capabilities up to 35 hours nonstop.








 
Nokia X6 Review Specifications and Price

Here System Specifications : S60 9.4 5th Edition, 3.2-inch touch screen, 32GB memory, 3.5mm jack, 3G, 5 megapixels camera, WiFi, , Bluetooth, GPRS, GPS, GSM, HSDPA, Li-ion battery

Price: Dependent on contract, £500 – SIM Free

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