Tuesday, December 6, 2011
MobiNear introduce MobiNear Tag : a Multimode (NFC, QR & ID) Tag for SoLoMo + m-Commerce applications
MobiNear will be present at #LeWeb 2011 (contact : @MobiNear).
Read more: http://www.mobinear.com/corporate/MobiNearTag.pdf
Thursday, August 25, 2011
NFC: Cities in France with more than 200 000 inhabitants
2. Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 851 420
3. Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes: 474 946
4. Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées: 439 553
5. Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 344 875
6. Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire: 283 288
7. Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace: 272 116
8. Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon: 252 998
9. Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine: 235 891
10. Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais: 225 784
11. Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne: 206 655
Source (in French): http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_communes_de_France_les_plus_peupl%C3%A9es
NFC: French Government support
Cf. Article (in French)
After First NFC cities projects:
Cf. Article (in French)
After Nice, 9 French Cities target NFC usages:
Bordeaux (and Pessac)
Caen (via Manche Region)
Lille
Marseille
Nice
Paris
Rennes
Strasbourg
Toulouse
Source (in French): http://blog.grandesvilles.org/tag/nfc/
NFC Players in France: Contactless Mobile Services Forum Attendees List
had its Annual Meeting at Bercy (French Governement).
FSMSC (i.e. Forum des Services Mobiles Sans Contact in French) Annual Meeting gathered most of the French Contactless & NFC Ecosystem at Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie in Paris, Bercy.
107 people from the following 81 organizations were there.
Here is the Company Attendees List (Version: 31st of March 2011):
Accenture
ADCET
AFSCM
Adelya
Ad'just
AEPM
AMGVF
Banque de France
BNP
Bouygues Telecom
BPCE
Caisse des Dépôts
Cap Digital
Carrefour Banque
CNR-RFID
Commedition
Connecthings
Crédit Mutuel
Dassault Systèmes
DGCIS
Digital Airways
Egylis
Escal Consulting
EUROKAPI
FFTELECOM
Forum TV Mobile
FSMSC
Gart
Gemalto
Global Payment Exchange
Greenwich Consulting
Groupement des Cartes Bancaires
GS1
HEMERA
Ingenico
Inside Secure
INTELLIGERE
Keolis
La Chaîne Techno
La Grande Epicerie
La vie du rail
Laser
Mairie de Marseille
Manche Numérique
MasterCard France
Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement
Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie
MobiLead
MobiNear
Moneo Payment Solutions
Monetech
Morpho (Sagem Orga)
MV2 Group
Nokia
Nouveau Paris IDF
NRJ Mobile
NXP Semiconductors
Oberthur Technologies
Obraz Photo
Orange France Telecom
PayByPhone
Pôle SCS - Solutions Communicantes Sécurisées
Pôle TES - Transactions Electroniques Sécurisées
Prosodie
PubliNews
RATP
Rennes Métropole
RIM - Research in Motion
Samsung Electronics
SFR
SNCF Proximités
Spirtech
Think&Go NFC
Transdev
Université Paris I
Velvet Consulting
Véolia Transport
Ville de Nice
Visa Europe France
Web Escape Agents
WIMA
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Is NFC Hot in 2011 ?
In 2 Weeks, Google I/O had more than 0.5 million views &
NFC is the #1 subject in audience:
* ANDROID Momentum:
Google I/O 2011: Keynote Day One : > 300 000 views
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#p/u/11/OxzucwjFEEs
* CHROME Momentum:
Google I/O 2011: Keynote Day 2 : > 200 000 views
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#p/u/17/MiYND_zvIc0
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
* NFC on ANDROID Momentum:
Google I/O 2011: How to NFC : > 65 000 views
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#p/u/79/49L7z3rxz4Q
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
* ANROID Momentum:
Google I/O 2011: Honeycomb Highlights : > 30 000 views
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#p/u/144/sTx-5CGDvM8
Conclusion:
* NFC is, by far, the #1 HOT Topic at Google I/O 2011 !
Reference: "2011: the NFC year for Mobiles ?"
http://mobinear.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-nfc-year-for-mobiles.html
Monday, January 31, 2011
Mobile phone Market (Market Shares, Sales Shares, Profit Shares)
Market Shares of Mobile phone vendors
Sales Shares of major Mobile phone vendors
Profit Shares of major Mobile phone vendors
Source:
http://www.asymco.com/2011/01/31/fourth-quarter-mobile-phone-industry-overview
Smartphone Market
Market shares in % of Q4 2010 shipments:
1. Google (Android): 32.9 %
2. Nokia (Symbian): 30.6 %
3. Apple (iOS): 16%
4. RIM (BlackBerry OS): 14.4%
5. Microsoft (Windows Phone 7): 3.1%
Others: 2.9%
Total: 100%
Q4 2010 shipments in million units (% change YOY: i.e. vs. Q4 2009):
Google (Android): 33.3 Mu (+615.1%)
Nokia (Symbian): 31 Mu (+30%)
Apple (iOS): 16.2 Mu (+85.9%)
RIM (BlackBerry OS): 14.6 Mu (+36%)
Microsoft (Windows Phone 7): 3.1 Mu (-20.3%)
Others: 3 Mu (+64.8%)
Total: 101.2 Mu (+88.6%)
Source:
http://www.canalys.com/pr/2011/r2011013.pdf
Global mobile phone market
1.39 billion units shipped (+18.5%) in 2010
401.4 Mu (+17.9%) in Q4 2010
Global mobile phone worldwide shipments by Brands:
1. Nokia,
2. Samsung,
3. LG,
4. ZTE,
5. Apple
Smartphone Market (+43.7%e) in 2011
Europe Top Sellers:
1. iPhone 4 (iOS 4.x),
2. HTC Desire (Android 2.1),
3. Nokia N8 (Symbian^3),
4. Samsung Galaxy S (Android 2.1),
5. Blackberry 8520 (Blackberry OS 5.x)
Source:
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/global-mobile-phone-market-grows-179-in-q4
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
2011 Apps Stores Market
1. Apple / iOS / iPhone / App Store: ~10M/d
10 000 million (http://www.apple.com/itunes/10-billion-app-countdown/) in 2.5 years (10 July 2008: http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/10/app-store-launches-upgrade-itunes-now/)
2. Google / Android / Android Market: ~5M/d
3 000 million (http://www.androlib.com/appstats.aspx) in 2 years (22 Oct. 2008: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/10/android-market-now-available-for-users.html)
300 000 Android phones activated per day (http://www.clickonf5.org/mobile/300000-android-phones-activated-daily/10053)
3. Nokia / Ovi (including J2ME & Symbian): ~3.5M/d
3.5 million / day (http://www.forum.nokia.com/Distribute/Ovi_Store_statistics.xhtml) in 1.5 years (26 May 2009: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1317441)
4. RIM / BlackBerry / App World: ~1.5M/d
~ 1.5 M / d http://www.berryreview.com/2010/09/27/blackberry-app-world-1-5-million-apps-downloaded-a-day/ in 2 years (1 April 2009: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/RIM-Launches-BlackBerry-App-World-NASDAQ-RIMM-968860.htm)
5. Samsung / Bada / Samsung Apps: < 0.1 M/d
2 million (http://www.telecompaper.com/news/samsung-apps-downloads-hit-2-million) in 1 year (16 Sept. 2009: http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2009/09/16/samsung-application-store-launched/)
5M Bada devices (http://www.intomobile.com/2010/12/13/samsung-5-million-bada-smartphones/)
6. MicroSoft / Windows Phone 7: < 0.1 M/d
1.5 M units sold (http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2010/dec10/12-21AchimBergQA.mspx)
7. HP / Palm / HP webOS: < 0.1 M/d
>1M in 2009: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/palm-app-catalog-hits-a-million-downloads/
30 M downloads in total (http://www.precentral.net/palm-app-catalog-tops-30-million-downloads)
8. MicroSoft / Windows Mobile: < 0.1 M/d
Superseded by Windows Phone 7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile
9. MeeGo (Linux from Moblin (Intel) & Maemo (Nokia)): 0 M/d
No Device Yet but Soon: http://meego.com/
NB: GetJar claims 3 million / day, 1 000 million (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/07/29/independent-mobile-app-store-getjar-now-seeing-3-millions-downloads-per-day/) in 6 years (2004: http://www.getjar.com/about/frequently-asked-questions/)
Sunday, January 2, 2011
2011: the NFC year for Mobiles ?
NFC ?
Here is a list of what COULD happen in 2011:
25-29 January 2011: Apple to announce iPhone 5 with NFC ? : No !
http://www.macworldexpo.com/
14-17 February 2011: NFC adoption for Android mobile phones (Samsung, ...) to be announced at MWC (*)
http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/
14-17 February: BlackBerry announce NFC support ?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/16/jim-balsillie-says-blackberry-playbook-has-a-module-cavity-hi/
14-17 February: Nokia announce NFC support ?
http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/10/21/nokia-c7-has-nfc-capability-wont-say-what-its-for-yet/
19-21 Apr: Updates on NFC deployments at WIMA
http://www.wima.mc
10-11 May: Google announce NFC adoption at Google I/O
http://www.google.com/events/io/2010/
June: Apple to announce iPhone 5 with NFC at WWDC ?
http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
October: PayPal announce NFC support at PayPal X Innovate 2011 ?
http://www.paypal-xinnovate.com/
15-17 December: Volume announcements of NFC Cards & NFC Mobiles at Cartes 2011 ?
http://www.cartes.com/
(*)
Cf. What did happen in 2010:
Aug. 2010: http://emoney.allthingsd.com/20101213/google-acquires-zetawire-for-mobile-payments-tech/
15 Nov. 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCUH8STTfyU
5 Dec. 2010: http://www.nxp.com/news/content/file_1796.html
Update:
TechCrunch put NFC in it's "Seven Technologies That Will Rock 2011"
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/02/seven-technologies-that-will-rock-2011/
Happy New Year from the MobiNear Team for 2011 !
Friday, December 17, 2010
WorldWide Tourism Market
Worldwide Tourism Market:
Image Source: Paris Tourism Map
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Tourism_in_Paris.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24431382@N03/4671584999/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157624209158632/map/
Source: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourisme_en_%C3%8Ele-de-France
France: #1 visited country
Paris: #1 visited city
Top 10 most visited Countries in the World
(in Million of tourists / year):
France (76.8, ~9% of Total)
USA (54.9)
Spain (52.2)
China (50.9)
Italy (43.2)
UK (28.8)
Turkey (25.5)
Germany (24.2)
Malaisia (23.6)
Mexico (21.5)
Total worlwide (880.5)
Source: 2009 Data http://www.tourisme.gouv.fr/stat_etudes/c_cles/chiffres_cles10.pdf
Top 10 most visited Cities in the World
(in Million of visitors / year):
Paris - France (15.6)
London - UK (14.8)
Bangkok - Thailand (10.84)
Singapore - Singapore (10.1)
New York City - USA (9.5)
Hong Kong - China (7.94)
Istanbul - Turkey (7.05)
Dubai - United Arab Emirates (6.9)
Shanghai - China (6.66)
Rome - Italy (6.12)
Source: http://www.vacationideas.me/travel-tips/top-10-most-visited-cities-in-the-world/
The most visited (> 0.5 M) places in France
(in Million of visitors / year):
Disneyland Resort Paris (13.1)
Notre-Dame de Paris (10.0)
Musée du Louvre (8.423)
Tour Eiffel (6.930)
Château de Versailles (5.614)
Centre Pompidou (5.484)
Aquaboulevard (5.1)
Cité des Sciences de la Villette (3.042)
Musée d'Orsay (3.025)
Muséum d'histoire naturelle (2.2)
Parc Astérix (1.8)
Arc de Triomphe (1.570)
Musée du Quai Branly (1.389)
Château et musée des Ducs de Bretagne / Nantes (1.339)
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais (1.280)
Musée de l'Armée (1.266)
Merveille de l'abbaye / Mont Saint Michel (1.203)
Sainte Chapelle (0.830)
Institut du Monde Arabe (0.823)
Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (0.810)
Musée Rodin (0.751)
Musée Grévin (0.740)
Musée Carnavalet (0.730)
Château / Chambord (0.718)
Palais de la Découverte (0.658)
Tour Montparnasse (0.644)
Palais des Papes / Avignon (0.599)
Petit Palais (0.580)
Musée du Luxembourg (0.560)
Panthéon (0.558)
Musée de l'Orangerie (0.544)
Château du Haut Koenigsbourg / Orschwiller (0.516)
Palais Garnier (0.500)
Source: http://www.idf.pref.gouv.fr/donnees/tourisme.htm
http://www.tourisme.gouv.fr/stat_etudes/memento/2009/sites-touristiques.xls
Top 10 Congress cities in the World
(number of meetings)
Paris (228)
Bruxelles (196)
Londres (171)
Vienne (165)
Singapore (137)
Copenhague (137)
Barcelona (129)
Geneva (112)
Berlin (105)
Sydney (94)
Source: http://www.idf.pref.gouv.fr/donnees/tourisme.htm
Friday, December 10, 2010
"Autonomie Mobile" day at IBM France H.Q. in Bois Colombes the 14th of december
Program is here: http://www.mobinear.com/corporate/MobiNear_IBM_Autonomie_Mobile.pdf
If you need invitations, please contact us at: contact (at) mobinear.com
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Payment Open Application Programming Interfaces (i.e. Open APIs) "History"
PAYPAL
20 June 2005:
PayPal Announces Website Payments Pro, A New Payment Product For Small Businesses
"Website Payments Pro features three new functions: Express Checkout, Direct Payment API and Virtual Terminal."
"For buyers who don't have PayPal accounts, Direct Payment API lets merchants accept credit card transactions just as they would with traditional merchant accounts."
https://www.paypal-media.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=166510
29 June 2006:
Google Checkout Opens for Business
"These integration options include cut-and-paste buy buttons, as well as an advanced API that integrates with existing merchant shopping carts and order management systems."
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/checkout.html
AMAZON
2 August 2007:
Amazon Flexible Payments Service (Amazon FPS) - Limited Beta
"The set of web services APIs allows the movement of money between any two entities, humans or computers."
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2007/08/02/amazon-flexible-payments-service-amazon-fps---limited-beta/
PAYPAL Adaptive Payments
23 July 2009:
PayPal to Become First Truly Global Payment Platform Open to Third-Party Developers
"Today PayPal announced plans to open its payment platform to third-party developers with the release of new APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that allow developers to embed PayPal's secure global payment system into their applications and platforms."
https://www.paypal-media.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=398758
YAHOO
28 August 2009:
Order and Payment APIs General Release
"Order and Payment APIs are now available to all Merchant Solutions Standard, Professional, and Yahoo! Store merchants."
http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2009/08/access-manager-order-and-payment-apis-general-release-and-checkout-enhancements/
MASTERCARD
25 May 2010:
MasterCard to Unleash Payment Innovation by Launching New Open API Developer Portal
"Select MasterCard Payment and Data Services Will be Released via Open API to Worldwide Software Developer Community to Create New, Innovative Payment Applications"
"The new Open API program is the first initiative from the newly created MasterCard Labs."
http://www.mastercard.com/us/company/en/newsroom/mc_launching_new_open_api_developer_portal.html
VISA
25 October 2010:
Visa Opens World's Leading Payments Network to Independent Developers
"Authorize.Net Developer Center Enhanced to Facilitate Creation of Innovative Electronic Payments Applications"
http://developer.authorize.net/api
http://investor.visa.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=215693&p=irol-newsArticle&id=1486449
MobiNear RetailBox is already compatible with PayPal X.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Henri SEYDOUX is Speaker at Le Web Paris 10
P.S.: Henri SEYDOUX is a Business Angel & Administrator of MobiNear S.A..
http://www.leweb.net/speakers/2010/henri-seydoux
Article in "Point de Vente" Magazine (in French)

Borne multi-protocoles
MobiNear Box. C’est le nom d’une borne de communication multi-protocoles (Bluetooth, BlueNFC, NFC, WiFi, Codes à Barres 1D et 2D, GSM/NearGSM) développée par MobiNear afin d’interagir avec les téléphones mobiles. En conformité avec les recommandations de la CNIL, elle permet de recueillir par un acte volontaire le consentement préalable de l’utilisateur par une détection du mobile à moins de 10 cm. Les utilisateurs peuvent, ainsi, accéder à des services mobiles tels que le paiement, la
carte de fidélité, les coupons ou les contenus multimédia sur mobile.
Source: "Points de Vente" du 20 Septembre 2010 http://www.pointsdevente.fr/magasin-du-futur-c-est-deja-demain-art281533-16.html
Monday, October 4, 2010
MobiNear at EquipMag 2010 RetailBox Experience
MobiNear Demos at EquipMag 2010 show two approach of Mobile interaction at the Point of Sale:
1. Mobile IDentification for the mass market via Bluetooth BlueNFC:
MobiNear Bluetooth BlueNFC support about 80% of Mobile phones (Source: Internet mobile, Slide 9).
2. Mobile IDentification for Smartphones via QR Code:
Only applicable to high-end Smartphones, about 15% of the Mobile phones.
Videos:
MobiNear m-Payment via Bluetooth BlueNFC Demo EquipMag 2010 RetailBox
MobiNear m-Payment via QR-Code Demo EquipMag 2010 RetailBox
Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/MobiNear/EquipMag2010RetailBox#
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
MobiNear at EquipMag 2010 RetailBox Experience
http://picasaweb.google.com/MobiNear/EquipMag2010RetailBox#
Saturday, August 28, 2010
WebKit
It is very Fast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webkit
It is, for example, used in Google Chrome:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/images/big/12.jpg
At MobiNear, we use the WebKit (Open Source) in all our TouchScreen Kiosks
(i.e. MobiNear Box Touch)
Rapid History of the Web Browsers
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Retail Scenarios for NFC Mobile Payment
Combo Connectivity Chipsets Market
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The 10 mobile technologies to watch in 2010 and 2011: Bluetooth is #1
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The future of money ?
2008: $25 million
2009: $141 million
https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2010/03/paypal-launches-send-money-2-0-for-iphone-the-best-app-for-mobile-money-transactions/
Friday, June 18, 2010
Google IO 2010: Android Momentum
21 OEMs
48 Countries
59 Carriers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY3U2GXhz44
http://code.google.com/events/io/2010
Apple Store App
+ store locator
+ schedule appointments
Menu include:
+ Featured
+ Products
+ Stores
+ Search
+ Cart (with a Check Out button)
But why is it limited to US users ?
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/06/15applestoreapp.html
Monday, June 7, 2010
iPhone 4: No NFC !
One more year to wait ?
So, Not a single "Hype" SmartPhone with NFC in 2010.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/iphone-4-vs-the-smartphone-elite-evo-4g-n8-pre-plus-and-hd2/
NB: Bluetooth is still there on ALL of them, for the foreseeable future.
NFC in iPhone 5 ?
http://www.economist.com/node/21007272
Stay tuned: Real "NFC-like" Payment arrive on standard iPhone ... soon !
Mobile P2P Payment
Mobile Payment will become a reality
Innovation is NOT linear
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Cartes 2010
) is Bluetooth (NFC have a separate session).
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Appel d'Offre IPER SMSC 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Deux réalisations de partenaires MobiNear présentent à CLIC
Table-ronde 3 « quand la culture devient mobile » avec 3 cas pratiques : Grand Palais (application iPhone), Palais de Tokyo (MyARtCELL) et RMN (applications iPhone et bluetooth)
Précédée de la présentation de l’étude « Musées et mobiles » (Audiovisit / Sinapses Conseils)
http://www.club-innovation-culture.fr/clic-france-lance-les-premieres-rencontres-nationales-culture-innovations-le-vendredi-29-janvier-2010/
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Technologie Bluetooth 100% compatible CNIL: MobiNear BlueNFC
Source: http://www.mobinear.com
Bluetooth & CNIL
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