South Korea KT has announced a new NFC (Near Field Communication)-equipped Samsung handset called the Samsung SHW-A170K. The handset uses the NFC technology which allows it to be used as a contactless card for making payments at supporting outlets such as GS Caltex, Lotte, Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin Robbins, and a number of others.
The Samsung SHW-A170K phone uses an NFC compatible USIM. It has a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, a 3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, T-DMB tuner and GPS. So, the entire handset packs pretty standard features except it offers extra convenience of making payments. Sadly, there is no indication whether this handset will be headed to other countries.
via ubergizmo
October 14th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Lucking great phone.. I will have look on it once agian ..!!!
Thanks a lot !!
December 13th, 2010 at 3:53 am
[...] the first NFC (Near Field Communication) smartphone for the Korea market, which is known as the Samsung SHW-A170K. The NFC feature of this phone allows you to make basic payments of purchases via the “SHOW [...]
January 25th, 2011 at 6:03 am
[...] NFC payments have earlier rolled out in S. Korea and Japan but it’s still pretty new in the US while operators are still prepping their networks to be ready for the NFC payments. The first NFC-supported device is the Google Nexus S, putting Apple behind for rolling out NFC-enabled devices in the US market. [...]