Help Google Wallet..

[don2775]

I am able to find google wallet on my PC google play, but not on my Trumph. Is this service not available to Triumph users..BTW I do not have a rooted phone, just the stock one.

 

[lou61166]

I am able to find google wallet on my PC google play, but not on my Trumph. Is this service not available to Triumph users..BTW I do not have a rooted phone, just the stock one.

Google Wallet requires the NFC Chip,only a few newer high end Android phones have,the Samsung Galaxy is one.

 

[ajore22]

Google Wallet requires the NFC Chip,only a few newer high end Android phones have,the Samsung Galaxy is one.

Yeah, very few phones have NFC at this point. But also, very few places accept Google wallet payments. So even if you had it, you would need to be in one of those areas.
On another note, there is a company trying to manufacture an NFC chip that will plug into the microSD slot on your phone. So there is still hope!

 

[kaleblossom]

Yeah, very few phones have NFC at this point. But also, very few places accept Google wallet payments. So even if you had it, you would need to be in one of those areas.
On another note, there is a company trying to manufacture an NFC chip that will plug into the microSD slot on your phone. So there is still hope!

I think it makes a tad more sense for it to use Bluetooth, IMO, those silly people making it for our SD card slots? How will we store apps? Unless it's a combination card of some kind, we're screwed unless we have buttons of internal memory. :/

Anyway, it's cool they're working on it tho, do you know what company that was?

 

[qu4ttro]

I think it makes a tad more sense for it to use Bluetooth, IMO, those silly people making it for our SD card slots? How will we store apps? Unless it's a combination card of some kind, we're screwed unless we have buttons of internal memory. :/

I'm guessing the card would have memory + NFC, like the WiFi SD cards.

The problem with Bluetooth may be that it's not secure enough to be handling credit card payments... The range on BT is enough that someone could be sitting in the same room capturing packets, whereas NFC only works within a few centimeters.