2012-09-21
Compare and Contrast: NFC Edition
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With NFC on your #GalaxySIII, you can pay on the go, transfer files with a touch, and more! smgm.us/07R
— Samsung Mobile US (@SamsungMobileUS) September 20, 2012
Due to #clipper’s poor design, you can ride Muni for free if you have an Android phone with NFC. itworld.com/security/29652…
— Mr. Eric Sir (@mrericsir) September 20, 2012
I’m not quite sure that hacking Muni was what Samsung had in mind when they promoted this post, but I quite liked the juxtaposition.
2010-04-05
post/498855682
quote 21:15:57
“ Late last year Apple finally got permission from South Korea’s telecoms authorities to waive a rule prohibiting the domestic sale of iPhones. Demand for the iPhone has since exploded, leaving Samsung and its domestic rival LG (which together have sold seven out of ten phones in South Korea), looking uncharacteristically leaden. Smart-phones accounted for just 1% of the market, but Apple has been selling some 4,000 iPhones a day, making South Korea one of the gadget’s hottest markets. Even the finance ministry has launched an iPhone application—the Glossary of Current Affairs in the Economy—to unexpected popular appeal. ”
