Android News

The first time I heard about NFC (Near Field Communications) was when Google announced they were going to be packing the chip inside Samsung’s Nexus S smartphone. NFC allows customers to make transactions in the real world using nothing more than their favorite NFC equipped smartphone. Sprint has been testing NFC since 2007 and it [...]

As if Amazon hadn’t issued enough of a challenge to Google with the launch of their Appstore for Android followed shortly by the opening of their Cloud Player personal music streaming service, the company is reportedly exploring the possibility of launching their own NFC payment service. The mobile payment service would compete directly with the [...]

Over recent months Google has pulled some pretty high profile apps from the Android Market without warning, taking an active role in policing the wares distributed therein. The latest, the popular app Visual Voicemail, was pulled for violating the terms of section 3.3 of the Android Market distribution agreement. The violation arrises from PhoneFusion, makers [...]

Visa, the world’s largest electronic payment network, has plans to develop financial service apps for Google’s new Android platform. It has also partnered with Nokia to make mobile payments a reality.

Here are some facts for you up and coming Android Devs: As of right now, the Android Market has the most free apps available compared to any other app market (57%). This is most likely because only 9 out of the 43 countries that use Android devices can distribute paid apps, and only 13 can [...]

There’s some good news for our phans who can’t use Google Checkout in their countries (or aren’t particular fans of it): PayPal has found a way to incorporate its payments system with Android and will soon be offered as an option in the Android Market. They expect the service to be ready in Q2 2010 [...]