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NTT DoCoMo Debuts Credit Card Phone
Scott S. writes "NTT DoCoMo Unveils its new phone allowing a simply wave to pay for items at the supermarket, rent movies, get airplane tickets and more. The i-mode FeliCa serves as a "mobile wallet" that detects weak electronic signals from a reader/writer and can be used when the phone is off. Credit card phones have been an idea in the past and leave it to the Japanese to make one."
...go get my tin foil hat ironed.
Now I carry a spare CompactFlash and my driving and fishing licenses.
Unless the cellphone has a handy place to put these things I can't see it replacing a wallet any time soon.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
I can't wait til I'm leaving a grocery store without buying anything, I walk through the checkout line to get out, and I end up buying someone else's groceries for them without knowing it.
*thinks* wait a minute...I might be the one getting free groceries.
NTT DoCoMo DeBuTs cRedIt CaRd pHoNe
Wha...? Did slashdot just turn into engrish.com?
I had but a simple dream, to destroy all humans.
UnapprovedThought:
Either way, you can wave goodbye to your money.
but what do i know, i'm just a model.
As a result, a handset becomes a mobile tool for convenient new uses, serving as e-money, credit card, ticket, or even house or office key.
Now when I lose my phone, it will be even more of a pain in the ass. Not to mention the increased likelyhood of someone just grabbing your phone right out of your hand while you're talking on it. And using it as a house key!?!? Now I've got to buy TWO phones so I can throw one under the doormat? It'll be hard to explain to my friends to disregard the lump under the mat, while at the same time being careful not to step on it. (Just kidding, I have no friends).
The press release doesn't mention anything about security either.. At least my credit card has a signature on the back for the cashiers to pretend to examine.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
I think I would be inclined to wrap one of these phones in Tin Foil when not in use, as I wouldn't want to be paying for someone's $200 grocery bill...