Tech: Google Wallet opens, but the odds you can actually use it are slim
- good Google has both Visa and MasterCard on board for its next-generation digital payments system, meaning they have a built-in infrastructure.
- bad While that infrastructure — in the hundreds of thousands of retail outlets — is pretty big, Visa and MasterCard reach tens of millions of retail outlets.
- worse In the short-term, only one network — Sprint — sells a device that’s actually compatible with Google Wallet. Own a Sprint Nexus S 4G? You’re in luck. source