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NiceLabel's New Lineup

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Label Power a company that makes barcode and RFID label printing software, released its NiceLabel 5 RFID labels, and is coming out with a developer’s series in Spring 1007.

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Google has announced that mobile operator Sprint Nextel will launch an array of new phones with support for Google Wallet this year, reports FierceMobile.

Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Google Wallet Vice President Osama Bedier said that customers can expect to see Google Wallet on “at least ten” new Sprint phones in the coming months, the first of which being the LG Viper. Bedier added that Google is also in talks with other operators and device manufacturers, which may yield even more Wallet-compliant handsets.

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Sprint has announced its latest NFC-enabled mobile phone, the HTC Evo 4G LTE.

Set to debut on May 18, the $199.99 handset will run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and come with Google Wallet, making it the fourth phone from Sprint to offer the service, behind the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus and the recently-launched Optimus Elite.

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Great Falls, Va., company epcSolutions today announced a partnership agreement with Niceware to include the NiceLabel bar code or RFID smart label design and print software into RFIDTagManager.

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Gemalto and Sony Corporation have announced that the pair will offer integrated FeliCa/near field communication solutions worldwide.

Under the agreement, Gemalto will incorporate Sony’s FeliCa software technology into its UpTeq NFC SIM product lineup starting in 2012. According to Gemalto, the UpTeq NFC SIM enables mobile operators to securely install additional applications from new service providers over time, even after issuance to end users.

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DeviceFidelity has unveiled the latest addition to its lineup of NFC-enabled protective cases for the iPhone, the In2Pay iCaisse4X NFC.

When equipped with Device Fidelity’s In2Pay microSD, the iCaisse4X enables iPhone users to fully utilize NFC features such as card emulation, NFC tag reading and writing, mobile payments and peer-to-peer data exchange while offering an extended battery that provides several more hours of use.

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Virgin Mobile has set a May 15 launch date for the LG Optimus Elite, the first device in the operator’s lineup to feature NFC and Google Wallet.

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