In addition to its own distribution, Amazon has created a marketplace for other online retailers, with back office infrastructure and one-click payments as well as the infrastructure to develop on a scalable, monetizable platform.

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And while Apple has not addressed the NFC or the mobile wallet opportunity, Apple does now have 435M iTunes accounts with one-click purchasing which still makes it a heavy-weight contender in mobile payments when it decides to move.

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