Sprint will be adding ten new smartphones this year to its network that will come with Google Wallet. One of these smartphones will be the LG Viper.
Google Wallet is a service that uses NFC (near field communications) to make a wireless payment system in stores. It works by you loading up a card with an amount of money. Those card details are stored on your Android smartphone and when in store, you simply tap on a sensor to make the payment (more exact details over here).
Although Google Wallet launched last year, it has struggled to gain traction as the required NFC chip that allows contact-less payments to be made is only included in a couple of phones. By adding in to ten more devices throughout 2012, it will raise the profile of the service a little.
For those curious of what the LG Viper is, it has a 4 inch screen, 1.2GHz dual-core processor and a 5 megapixel rear camera. It will run the older Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system although Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) will be available at a later date.
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