[NFC] Technique

Nexus 7, Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus Q, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X contains the same NFC chip (PN544 by NXP Semiconductors).

MIFARE Classic is a technology by NXP, so it is supported by NXP's NFC chips

Blackberry contains an NFC chip by a different manufacturer so can't read NXP MIFARE Tag.

 Based on NFC Forum, list tag types:

• Tag 1 Type: e.g. Broadcom's Topaz/Jewel
• Tag 2 Type: e.g. NXP's MIFARE Ultralight (incl. Ultralight C) or NTAG203
• Tag 3 Type: e.g. Sony's FeliCa chips (e.g. FeliCa Lite)
• Tag 4 Type: e.g. NXP's MIFARE DESFire

NFC devices can operate in three different modes based on the ISO/IEC 18092, NFC IP-1 and ISO/IEC 14443 contactless smart card standards.

1. Read / Write: NFC enabled phone can read or write data to any of the supported tag types in a standard NFC data format.
2. Peer to peer: Two NFC-enabled devices can exchange data. Peer-to-Peer mode is standardized on the ISO/IEC 18092 standard.
3. Card emulation: An NFC-enabled phone acts as reader when in contact with tags or act as a tag  for existing readers.

NFC devices:

Blackberry Bold 9900

HTC One X

LG Prada 3.0

LG Optimus Vu

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Samsung Galaxy Note

Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE

Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung Galaxy S III LTE

Sony Xperia S

Sony Xperia acro S

Sony Xperia P

Sony Xperia sola

Sony Xperia ion

Asus Nexus 7

Links:
http://www.globalplatform.org/  for managing applications of security chip
http://nfctimes.com/
http://www.nfc-forum.org/home/
http://www.nfcworld.com/
http://www.smart-poster.co.uk/

Android project:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5546932/how-to-read-and-write-android-nfc-tags

References:

• http://www.nfc-forum.org/specs/spec_list/
• Wikipedia