Comments on: Rumor: Citigroup developing branded NFC phone http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/mobility/2008/04/04/rumor-citigroup-developing-branded-nfc-phone/ Thoughts on Mobile Software, Development & Technologies Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ceo http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/mobility/2008/04/04/rumor-citigroup-developing-branded-nfc-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-5669 ceo Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:08:32 +0000 http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/mobility/2008/04/04/rumor-citigroup-developing-branded-nfc-phone/#comment-5669 Ah... yes, because the trend is that people will be shifting their use towards that little device, the cellphone. You can search the web, communicate and share, and do secure mobile transactions. Why they are doing their own? Because the network providers here in the US are *not* ordering the phones from the phone manufacturers, and are delaying adoption; all they do are trials and more trials. But the benefits are well understood already; time to go to market. ceo Ah… yes, because the trend is that people will be shifting their use towards that little device, the cellphone. You can search the web, communicate and share, and do secure mobile transactions.

Why they are doing their own? Because the network providers here in the US are *not* ordering the phones from the phone manufacturers, and are delaying adoption; all they do are trials and more trials. But the benefits are well understood already; time to go to market.

ceo

]]> By: raddedas http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/mobility/2008/04/04/rumor-citigroup-developing-branded-nfc-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-5668 raddedas Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:31:08 +0000 http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/mobility/2008/04/04/rumor-citigroup-developing-branded-nfc-phone/#comment-5668 why would they develop their own phone, and thus compete with mobile operators, when they could just put NFC payments on a card like eg. Oyster+Barclaycard? i guess you can in theory do more, but how much more does a bank need to do than enable payments... why would they develop their own phone, and thus compete with mobile operators, when they could just put NFC payments on a card like eg. Oyster+Barclaycard?

i guess you can in theory do more, but how much more does a bank need to do than enable payments…

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