BlackBerry, Nokia, Google Android future smartphones to use as ID

Economic Times - 16 Sep, 2011
TORONTO: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion plans to open doors for its key corporate customers using a decade-old technology most in the smartphone industry eye as a way to turn phones into wallets. Everyone from Nokia to Android developer Google ...

App lets NFC BlackBerrys open electronic locks

Register - Bill Ray - 16 Sep, 2011
HID Global, makers of electronic locks for everything from server keyboards to student halls, has created an app that allows NFC-equipped BlackBerrys to be used instead of ID cards. The application will launch ...

No More Lockouts: Using Phones as Keys

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Tom Loftus - 16 Sep, 2011
Everyone knows that smartphones can open up doors to more information and entertainment. For a group of students at Arizona State University, smartphones are opening up doors in a more literal sense. Last month, residential advisors ...

Soon, BlackBerry smartphones may become users' ID

Times of India - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
PTI | Sep 15, 2011, 07.32PM IST TORONTO: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion plans to open doors for its key corporate customers using a decade-old technology that most in the smartphone industry eye as a way to turn phones into wallets. ...

Mobile phones used to open records - and doors - in healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Eric Wicklund - 16 Sep, 2011
Mobile phones are making their presence felt in healthcare, where physicians are using them to access health records and health facilities. Two separate announcements this week highlight new methods for authentication. Imprivata and PhoneFactor have ...

RIM to introduce near-field communications

The Wire Report - 16 Sep, 2011
Access-card manufacturer HID Global announced Thursday that it is teaming up with Research in Motion Ltd. to include near-field communications technology in new models of its BlackBerry smartphones. A decade-old technology that permits wireless ...

BlackBerry to come with iCLASS digital credentials

CIOL - 16 Sep, 2011
BANGALORE, INDIA: HID Global, a player in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced an industry first with plans to support the company's iCLASS digital keys and mobile secure identity on NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones. ...

BlackBerry Betting Heavily On NFC Technology

RedOrbit - 16 Sep, 2011
Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the venerable BlackBerry line of smart phones, needs some sort of hit in the handset marketplace and a NFC-enabled handset may be its last hope, Reuters is reporting. The company is reporting very low earnings and ...

NFC Chip to Turn BlackBerry into a Wallet

TMC Net - Ashok Bindra - 16 Sep, 2011
Co-invented by NXP Semiconductors (News - Alert) and Sony in 2002, near field communications (NFC) technology is being added to a growing number of mobile handsets to enable mobile payments, as well as many other ...

NFC ID badges to arrive on BlackBerry phones

NFC World - Sarah Clark - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
BlackBerry NFC phone users are set to be the first to use their mobile instead of their work ID badge to access buildings and other physical and online facilities, RIM and ID card giant HID Global ...

Future Blackberry devices can use NFC to open doors

Ubergizmo - Tyler Lee - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
NFC can be used for a variety of reasons, although at the moment it seems largely aimed at mobile payments. RIM however, has decide to expand on the possibilities of NFC in their handsets and have teamed up with HID Global to enable NFC in smartphones ...

HID's iCLASS platform to support NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones

SecurityInfoWatch - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
BY SIW EDITORIAL STAFF Access control solutions manufacturer HID Global announced Thursday that its iCLASS proximity technology will now support near field communications-enabled BlackBerry smartphones. According to the company, the new BlackBerry Bold ...

NFC BlackBerrys Will Open HID Doors in 2012

BerryReview - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
by the BerryReview Team on Sep 15th, 2011 Now this is what I am talking about when it comes to NFC being a game changer. Many people are familiar with HID and their proximity keycards. Many buildings and offices use their badges or dongles to tap a ...

NFC-Enabled BlackBerrys to Replace Physical Access Cards in 2012

CIO (blog) - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
BlackBerry users with NFC-enabled smartphones will soon discard physical access cards and use their handhelds for secure building access instead, if BlackBerry-maker RIM and HID Digital have their ways. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) and HID ...

ASU tests smartphones for opening doors

FierceCIO - Caron Carlson - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
Widespread use of smartphones to gain access to buildings and pay for goods and services may not be so far off into the future. Smartphone-enabled near-field communications (NFC) is being tested by a group of students at Arizona State University, ...

Arizona State University assesses the benefits of using NFC smartphones for ...

Security Park - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
Arizona State University (ASU) manages on-campus housing for approximately 13000 students living in 34 residence halls. A pilot project is underway at ASU, where a group of students and staff are accessing a campus residence hall and selected ...

NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones will "open doors"

Help Net Security - 16 Sep, 2011
HID Global plans to support the company's iCLASS digital keys and mobile secure identity on NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones. The new BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 and BlackBerry Curve 9350/9360 smartphones activated with iCLASS digital credentials will ...

 

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