Phone-Swipe
We haven’t published a ‘phone as your wallet’ article for a while now but Technology Review takes a long look at the developments of the ‘phone-swipe’:
With NFC technology, phones could become like mobile wallets, yet with the added ability to swap addresses and share photos. People could also use the technology to download movie trailers from a movie poster, or to get detailed product information in the midst of shopping.
Cell phones that use Bluetooth or WiFi will find it even simpler to connect using NFC, says Erik Michielsen, director of RFID and ubiquitous networks at ABI Research in Oyster Bay, NY.
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