Engadget RSS Feed http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2013 AOL Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[Visa lets iPhone-toting NatWest and RBS customers pay with NFC cases, join the future]]> http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/visa-lets-iphone-toting-natwest-and-rbs-customers-pay-with-nfc/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/visa-lets-iphone-toting-natwest-and-rbs-customers-pay-with-nfc/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/visa-lets-iphone-toting-natwest-and-rbs-customers-pay-with-nfc/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Visa lets iPhonetoting NatWest and RBS customers pay with NFC cases, join the future

Two can play at the UK-banks-with-NFC-payments game. RBS (and by extension, NatWest) is partnering with Visa Europe to roll out TouchPay, a mobile payment system based around an iCarte case for the iPhone 4 and 4S -- sorry, early iPhone 5 owners. In tandem with a native app, the service allows paying for goods at British shops by tapping the phone at a Visa-capable NFC terminal without needing the short-range wireless built-in. Any purchases under £20 ($32) can even skip the PIN code, if you're just in that much of a hurry to get a Pret À Manger sandwich. Only 1,000 of the 9,000 who pre-registered for TouchPay are getting into Visa's wallet-free initiative at this stage, although all NatWest and RBS customers with one of Apple's semi-recent smartphones can participate once a trial run is over. We're just wondering if and when Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 8 owners get in on the action.

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Source: NatWest

]]> appapple iphoneapple iphone 4apple iphone 4sAppleIphoneAppleIphone4AppleIphone4sappsbritaincasecasescellphonecellphonescontactless paymentcontactless paymentsContactlessPaymentContactlessPaymentsicarteiphoneiphone 4iphone 4siphone caseIphone4Iphone4sIphoneCaseminipostmobilemobile appmobile appsmobile paymentsMobileAppMobileAppsMobilePaymentsmobilepostcrossmobilepostmininat westNatWestnear field communicationnear-field communicationNear-fieldCommunicationNearFieldCommunicationnfcrbsroyal bank of scotlandRoyalBankOfScotlandsmartphonesmartphonestouchpayukunited kingdomUnitedKingdomvisavisa europeVisaEuropewireless dynamicswireless dynamics icarteWirelessDynamicsWirelessDynamicsIcarte Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:45:00 -0400 21|20339075 <![CDATA[Aussie bank debuts Kaching app, accompanying iCarte case for mobile payments on iPhone 4]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/22/aussie-bank-debuts-kaching-app-accompanying-icarte-case-for-mob/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/22/aussie-bank-debuts-kaching-app-accompanying-icarte-case-for-mob/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/22/aussie-bank-debuts-kaching-app-accompanying-icarte-case-for-mob/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments This certainly isn't the first time we've seen an attempt to bring NFC to the iPhone, but the Commonwealth Bank of Australia certainly deserves kudos for integrating the iCarte case with its mobile payment app known as Kaching (think Ka-ching). Available as a standalone free application, Kaching allows users to send money to others, either via text message, email or through Facebook. For those looking to dig deeper, an iCarte case may be purchased for $54.95 from within the app, which allows the iPhone 4 and 4S to be used for mobile payments at all PayPass terminals. From within Kaching, users may check account balances and choose which card they care to pay with. All in all, it looks like one sweet (albeit temporary) solution.

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]]> appappleappsaustraliacommonwealth bank of australiaCommonwealthBankOfAustraliaicarteiosiphoneiphone 4iphone 4sIphone4Iphone4skachingmobile paymentsMobilePaymentsmobilepostmininfcpaypass Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:39:00 -0500 21|20133303 <![CDATA[Visa brings contactless payments to Euro iPhones, dongle required for now]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/visa-brings-contactless-payments-to-euro-iphones-dongle-require/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/visa-brings-contactless-payments-to-euro-iphones-dongle-require/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/visa-brings-contactless-payments-to-euro-iphones-dongle-require/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Visa begins contactless payment trials on European iPhones, presumably ahead of NFC-enabled iPhone We're still some time away from iPhoners being able to tap cellies onto payment pads and walk off with purchases, though rumors and analysts and job postings all say that won't be for long. The lack of an NFC-equipped iPhone isn't stopping Visa from launching its Visa Mobile application for trials in Europe, which for now requires an external attachment, the (somewhat aged) iCarte accessory from Wireless Dynamics. With the app and the dongle users can start trying out phoney payments at various NFC-enabled terminals in Europe, presumably ahead of the release of a proper NFC-supporting iPhone sometime in the coming months. For now, though, is adding an extra inch to your handset more convenient than fumbling for a credit card? We'll let our European readers make that call.

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]]> contactless paymentContactlessPaymenticartenfcvisavisa mobileVisaMobilewireless dynamicswireless paymentWirelessDynamicsWirelessPayment Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:15:00 -0500 21|19823409 <![CDATA[Wireless Dynamics brings the joys of inventory management to the iPhone with the iCarte RFID reader]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/wireless-dynamics-brings-the-joys-of-inventory-management-to-the/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/wireless-dynamics-brings-the-joys-of-inventory-management-to-the/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/wireless-dynamics-brings-the-joys-of-inventory-management-to-the/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Wireless Dynamics brings the joys of inventory management to the iPhone with the iCarte RFID reader "You know, that pallet of overpriced skin cream isn't going to stock itself. Maybe if you'd stop playing Bingo Bonanza you'd have done that already. Oh, you say you're scanning their RFIDs to add them to our system? Whatever, you're fired." It's a scenario we see playing itself out at warehouses all around the world thanks to the iCarte from Wireless Dynamics, a device enabling iPods and iPhones to read from and write to RFID tags. It clips on the bottom and sports a mini-USB port so that you can still sync, but can also use the phone's wireless mechanisms to communicate with various systems, updating inventory or tracking purchases. As far as we know it will not prevent your phone from playing games, but we won't tell your boss about that. Nor will we tell him how much these will cost or when he can order them, since we don't know ourselves.

Update: Wireless Dynamics asked that we clarify that this device is indeed consumer-oriented, able to scan the RFID tags in your credit cards, transport badges, and probably even that chip you had implanted into your dog's head. So, this means you would be able to make MasterCard PayPass and similar RFID transactions without even reaching for your wallet -- which sounds as convenient as it does disconcerting. Being able to verify that your dog hasn't been replaced by an evil clone while you were at work? Priceless.

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