Samsung Wave 578 bada phone showcases NFC partnership with Orange
Monday, March 7, 2011
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The latest NFC-capable handset to be shown off is the Samsung Wave 578, which has NFC as one of its main selling points.
Samsung waited until this morning to announced its new Samsung Wave 578 handset, the latest device to run its own bada operating system.
One of its key features is Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, for mobile payments, ticketing and touch-based coupons. The phone also comes with the Samsung Apps store preloaded, as well as the company's Social Hub software to aggregate contacts and social networking.
Alongside the Wave 578's debut, Samsung has extended its existing partnership with Orange on the NFC front. Orange will sell the device in Spain, Poland and France from the second quarter of this year, before launching it in other countries. Orange says it will also launch new NFC handsets from LG, Nokia and other manufacturers.
"We are spearheading the third biggest revolution in the mobile arena, after mobile voice services and the explosion in mobile data," says Orange's EVP of mobile services Anne Bouverot. "Mobile contactless services will change people’s daily lives."
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