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Re:Google Wallet Users Can Sign Up Now for Physical Cards by VLM on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @03:56PM (#6771120)
Don't feel too bad, I heard Verizon is just as bad. I am a customer of a Sprint MVNO and have a new moto-X sitting at home waiting to be unwrapped tonight, and I've already been informed Sprint also prevents NFC wallet.

As far as I can tell, the only Google Wallet hardware that actually works for NFC is tablets, like my nexus 7. Everything else disabled by all carriers. I can't find anywhere to actually use it where I'd be willing to haul the tablet.

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Re:Google Wallet Users Can Sign Up Now for Physical Cards by petervandijck on Thursday November 21, 2013 @04:14PM (#6777536)
AT&T, Verizon and T-mobile funded the competitor-product Isis and can (and do) technically stop Google Wallet from working on their phones because they control the "secure element".
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