It will be very interesting to see what kind of inroads Samsung can make with mobile payments with the S6. I am a Samsung user and while this model is tempting, I don't think I will be upgrading anytime soon.
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I had a conversation with the Samsung product manager today. He confirmed a few things: 1. Samsung Pay will be launched this summer in the US and South Korea. 2. The system works with cards from finnancial institutions...
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You could uninstall these apps by rooting your device. Else you could uninstall app updates and disable the app from the App manager on Android. This will help you have a faster device. Rooting? I'm certain that's not doable...
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@Joe- Right. But the issue is that there's a distinct problem Google needs to solve which is that its own developer community is having difficulties surfacing apps. They are offering this as a solution to surfacing apps,...
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Yeah, I was given a free Z10 at the launch event -- like everyone else there. It was fine - a decent, state-of-the-industry (though not of the art) phone for its day. But then all the phone snobs would look at the Blackberry...
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BlackBerry still makes good products, and its software is superior. My problem is with BlackBerry's integration, or lack thereof, with mobile phone carriers in the US. I bought a Q10 during the short time period...
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You know that one awkward party guest? The one who somehow fails to click with anybody, laughs long to other peoples' conversations, yet is always one of the last to leave? That's BlackBerry.
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> Sponsored search isn't going to help you find the app that is good for you, just the well-funded one.Of course, that's true of all advertising and product placement. It's the same thing in grocery store aisles. ...
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To speak of Flash and Java, interestingly enough, a recent report by GFI Software claims that although more vulnerabilities total were discovered in JavaScript in 2014, Flash was still more vulnerable/at-risk because almost...
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I agree with the point to think big and invovle hardware, software and connectivity to the radar. But is mobile virtual network operation a good penetration point? This is not some new business segement. Will Google have...
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Thanks for this write-up!I would add that Native app is faster in performance and higher in reliablity than any other solutions. Moreover, just native app can let you take full advantages of the latest mobile technology,...
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@mejiac it almost like addiction to upgrade... never ending addiction... how I see it...
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@zerox203- I *think* I might pay slightly more attention to these at first because they *might* be useful. I suspect that will last less than a day or two unless they actually are.
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Your thoughts are basically identical to the ones that ran through my head as I was reading the Google blog post, Dave. It's not like they don't have a leg to stand on when suggesting that this will shake things up a bit...
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@ashu001- Several companies are working on it. It won't be long now. I'm guessing 5 years until we see one and 10 until we all have one. 15 ot 20 until they're full color and perfect though.
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@glenbren, With IPhones, it's a pretty good life cylce, since even though there's a new device on a yearly basis, prior devices are still both backward compatible and still have the hardware to last for a couple of years...
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The move to contactless is definitely underway, but even if 45% in the USA are there by year-end, that still leaves 55% that aren't. I'm sure a de facto standard will emerge at some point, but until then, a lot of Android...
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@GaProgrammer- Yes, I'm making an assumption that with over a million apps in the store and most of us using the same 26 apps, that we're missing out on a lot of "good" apps. Good by anyone's standards. But no one is looking...
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I did not realize that Windows phones had such different variations. I was under the impression that iPhones were not that different from version to version, at least any more so than Androids.
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@jagibbons, while I consider LoopPay highly insecure, I believe Samsung strategy is quite smart to fight Apple Pay in the US market. This way people get use to mobile payments and, when the new EMV and NFC contacless terminals...
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