Verizon will not include the Google Wallet mobile payment functionality in its version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone, which is set to launch in the U.S. later this month. The carrier cited security reasons for its decision. Android smartphones in the Nexus line are traditionally pure Android devices with minimal tweaks or UI skins added in by carriers, and Google Wallet is supposed to be an essential part of it. Does Google’s acquiescence to Verizon’s decision indicate Google Wallet could be losing ground to ISIS, a competing mobile payments system?
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Verizon's Galaxy Nexus Loses Its Wallet
Posted by: Richard Adhikari December 6, 2011 11:48 AMVerizon will not include the Google Wallet mobile payment functionality in its version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone, which is set to launch in the U.S. later this month. The carrier cited security reasons for its decision. Android smartphones in the Nexus line are traditionally pure Android devices with minimal tweaks or UI skins added in by carriers, and Google Wallet is supposed to be an essential part of it. Does Google’s acquiescence to Verizon’s decision indicate Google Wallet could be losing ground to ISIS, a competing mobile payments system?