Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

Accu-Time Systems releases color touch version OPTIMUS

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Accu-Time Systems has released the Color Touch OPTIMUS, part of its global series product line representing next generation human resources solutions. Accu-Time Systems’ Online Personal Time Information Management Utility Station (OPTIMUS) latest addition is the color touch option.

The OPTIMUS works in a variety of applications, including manager functions, employee self-service, and card approval as well as bar code and biometrics. It supports all automatic identification technologies, including bar code, RFID, Proximity, Magnetic, and MIFARE as well as other contactless smart cards, and several biometric technologies. [end] 

Sprint has announced the launch of yet another NFC-enabled handset, the LG Optimus Elite.

Billed as an “eco-friendly” smart phone, the Optimus Elite will be available on Earth Day (April 22) for $29.99 after rebate with a new two-year contract. The Android 2.3-powered handset features a 3.5-inch capacitive touch-screen, 800 MHz processor, 5 MP rear-facing camera and camcorder, virtual QWERTY keyboard and mobile hotspot capability supporting up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices.

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LG has announced a new NFC-enabled smart phone for the Korean market, the Optimus LTE Tag.

According to LG, the Optimus Tag features a new app called Tag+ that enables the handset to communicate with programmable NFC stickers, much like Sony’s Smart Tags.

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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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Mobile operator 2degrees has partnered with contactless transit card provider Snapper to bring NFC payments to the city of Wellington, New Zealand.

The new “Touch2Pay” service is now available on 2degrees’ LG Optimus Net phones, which can be used to make tap and go payments wherever Snapper cards are accepted, including buses, taxis, shops and cafes.

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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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Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

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