Tag Archives: Near Field Communication

Full service hotel smartphone!

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Barrie Foster

An interesting report from the BBC News Channel’s “Click” programme demonstrates the potential of smartphone technology for the hospitality sector. Guests at a Thailand hotel are issued with a courtesy handset on arrival. The handset uses NFC (Near Field Communication) … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Barrie Foster

In Scene Setting: Phone Wars, posted earlier this month, we discussed the way that competition was driving mobile technology forward, together with upcoming trends such as mobile wallets. Over my morning coffee today I watched the Russia Today ‘Technology Update’ slot, which showed coverage of … Continue reading →

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Scene Setting: Phone Wars

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Barrie Foster

On Christmas Day 2011 6.8 million new mobile devices were activated in the UK, according to a report in The Guardian. Between February 27 and March 1 the Mobile World Congress 2012 was held in Barcelona, with the Android operating … Continue reading →

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