Touch Point

With more phones now able to employ NFC, has its time finally arrived?

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Last month, Google and American Eagle Outfitters held a "tapping spree" at the retailer's store in New York's Times Square. Visitors were loaned phones preloaded with Google Wallet and a $10 gift card, then let loose in the store, where special deals could be downloaded by a tap of the phones against specific signs. Shoppers then redeemed their chosen offers by the cash register with one last tap onto an NFC-enabled device.

The event was designed to spread word about Google Wallet, an app which so far is available on one phone only (the Sprint Nexus S 4G).

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