If you prefer wired audio for its superior sound quality, here are phones you can buy that have a headphone jack ...

A data transfer function added to Android phones starting with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Using near field communication (NFC), Android Beam lets users copy data from one Android device to ...

The tech itself is pretty cool — it's like having an antenna in your phone that can help securely verify and send data. Android's proprietary NFC software, called Beam, can be used as a secure ...

Often the term will bring to mind the ability to pay by holding your phone over a reader, but the system can also use NFC tags embedded in credit cards, ID card, passports, and the like.