Is called near field communications, and Google thinks is the next step in moving the world toward a cashless society. Preparing for a test run in New York and San Francisco, Google provides businesses with the prototype Veriphone NFC wireless terminals allow customers to make purchases via their smartphones. In addition, NFC enabled smartphones can redeem digital coupons update gift card balances, use loyalty cards and other features designed for the retail boxes. And no less an experiment either. Google has reported paying for the installation of thousands of NFC-enabled handsets in all outlets across both cities.
The first smartphone was the NFC wireless compatible Google Nexus S, the experience of Google in a pure S Samsung Galaxy without overlapping. Currently, the hardware of the NFC will simply read the labels on Google sites allowed elements. But in the future, this test throughout the city, it's likely that Google will push an OTA update to enable other features NFC. The way that can work is that users can take advantage of your smartphone against a specific point in the record, the method FastPay mobile wing, which then reads the client's financial information through WiFi or Bluetooth.
It will be interesting to see how the tests work and how long before expanding nationwide tests. It will also be interesting to see how Google / Veriphone avoid charges for accident or security breaches. There are already programs that can track packages of radio and collect personal information. But security issues aside, we may be seeing the dawn of a cashless society.
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