Comments on: Monday Poll: Do You Use Your Phone’s NFC Capabilities?

By: james kendall

james kendall — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:40:00 +0000

I use the nfc in my phone some times but NEVER of wallet and the like only for turning bluetooth on and off etc and other task. I would not trust the “Secure Element” chip with my financial data. NFC is a gimmick like qr-codes. it has it’s advantages but at the end of the day why bother? nfc is best used if you want to experiment with the technology for fun has a hobbyist

By: Ashlee Ryan

Ashlee Ryan — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:49:00 +0000

Living in the UK with a nexus 4 and there is no way i can use mobile payments, it really annoys me when i see articles saying that nfc adoption is slow, when half of us don’t have the opportunity to use it.

By: Jared Kotoff

Jared Kotoff — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:05:00 +0000

From what i see, id say about 40% of places accept it. I find its pretty common already. But i too was hoping for iPhone 5 to get it so adoption rate would probably skyrocket.
The ONE time i want apple to do something awesome they completely drop the ball. smh

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:15:00 +0000

Very true, didn’t think about that. I just wish more places accepted NFC payments. I hate to say it, but the iPhone needs to adopt it; that’s when it’ll boom. It could help too if the carriers start pushing their ISIS thing.

By: Google Wallet user

Google Wallet user — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:06:00 +0000

No it does not need data connection Think of it the same as using a credit card with the embedded chip. The CC does not us a data connection. It is the NFC POS that does the transaction and of course it needs to be connected. That said, your phone will not show the transaction until it has reconnected.

By: William Diaz

William Diaz — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:03:00 +0000

I would use it a lot more of Sprint, Samsung and Google Wallet worked on getting together on the Note II. Otherwise, I use only SOME of the capabilities, like transferring a webpage or app to a friend.

By: Jared Kotoff

Jared Kotoff — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:25:00 +0000

so…Keyring?

By: SecurityNick

SecurityNick — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:07:00 +0000

I pay with Google Wallet anywhere I can. Which unfortunately around here pretty much means CVS and an occasional fast food establishment. But, I use NFC every day. I have some tags set up to turn on various car apps/GPS/etc when I put into my car mount, then a fob on my keychain to reverse all that stuff. I have played around with some vcard and other settings toggles. Looking every day for more uses. I’ve beamed photos to a couple of other phones more or less just to test it out with someone. Occasionally beam a photo or link to my Nexus 10.

By: Russell Tanner

Russell Tanner — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:05:00 +0000

In Austin I see quite a few businesses that have signs saying you can pay with ISIS, though I have not tried it. Is there anything actually sketchy about it, or does everyone just dislike it because it competes with Google Wallet?

By: Adrian Sciutto

Adrian Sciutto — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:53:00 +0000

I have a Verizon G-Nex, and my brother has the Galaxy S3. His camera is WAYY better than mine, so at family gatherings, we use his phone to take pictures, then he beams them to me. Also, I have NFC tags all over my house/desk/car. My house allows people to connect to my wifi without password. My car turns on bluetooth/turns off wifi/turns up media volume/and opens Google Music. I use NFC at least once a day.

By: npompei

npompei — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:50:00 +0000

I am shocked more people don’t use NFC. To me, people are just lazy. So why not use a lazy mans app?!
I have one in my truck – It turns on GPS, screen timeout to 10min., max brightness, and finally bluetooth. That way I can connect immediately to my bluetooth and start music, nav, etc. Its a switch, so I can tap on my way out to put it back to normal.
One at my office desk that I use every day – It turns off sound and data to save battery. Its a switch, so I tap it on my way out and it loads everything back to normal.

I have others but these are just so convenient. I am shocked that we don’t use it more. People are all pissy about Google Wallet. That is like 1% of what NFC does?!

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:50:00 +0000

I am not rooted and my bootloader is locked with verizon. How can i get google wallet

By: spickle

spickle — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:49:00 +0000

I Beam things to guys at work all the time. mostly webpages. still have yet to use Wallet tho. mostly because i’m nervous and chicken out haha

By: Paul Denson

Paul Denson — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:15:00 +0000

When I first got my VZW GNex I used wallet several times at various fast food places. But for the past several months it has failed to work in every single location I have tried (again, various fast food joints). The only place GWallet reliably works for me is at the vending machine at work and I’m not paying $1.50 for a can of Dr. Pepper.

By: Randroid

Randroid — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:50:00 +0000

I’m sure I will when NFC gets to be more common, but in my area there are no places to use NFC payment, and I know about 5 other people with NFC enabled phones.