Visa has establish partnership with a number of smartphone brands using the Android platform and BlackBerry to the list of certified products for NFC (Near Field Communication) payments. As reported by Computer World, smartphones included in the 1st batch list are Samsung Galaxy SII, LG Optimus NET NFC, BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry Curve 9360, Curve 9380 and BlackBerry. This certification means that the smartphone have fulfilled the requirements to use Visa’s payWave technology.
PayWave machine are currently available for 185 thousand pieces scattered all over Europe. From any other country in the world, it seems that Europe is an early adopter of this NFC technology. The value added of using payWave technology is the compatibility with Google Wallet service. Thus if you use your phone as a medium of payment, you can choose to use Google Wallet to do fast and convenient transaction.
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Visa telah memasukkan sejumlah merk smartphone yang menggunakan platform Android dan BlackBerry ke dalam daftar produk yang disertifikasi untuk NFC (Near Field Communication) payment. Seperti yang dilaporkan oleh