Is NFC Hot in 2011 ?

Here are some facts:

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

2011 Apps Stores Market

2011 Apps Stores Market Data (in million downloads per day):

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/)

Payment Open Application Programming Interfaces (i.e. Open APIs) "History"

Here is a quick "History" of the Payment Open Application Programming Interfaces (i.e. Open APIs):

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

GOOGLE
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.