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NTT DoCoMo Debuts Credit Card Phone

Posted by samzenpus on from the my-phone-is-maxed-out dept.

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."

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  1. Condoms etc. by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 4, Funny
    When I was younger and unmarried I'd carry a condom in my wallet. You never know!

    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.
  2. Walking through the supermarket line by Faustust · · Score: 4, Funny


    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.

    /seconds motion to introduce this

  3. more like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    NTT DoCoMo DeBuTs cRedIt CaRd pHoNe