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In Iowa, a Phone App Could Serve As Driver's License
New submitter dubner writes Simply hand the law enforcement officer your mobile phone. That's what you can do in Iowa rather than "digging through clutter in your glove compartment for an insurance card." And soon your driver's license will be available on your phone too, according to a story in the (Des Moines Register). Iowans will soon be able to use a mobile app on their smartphones as their official driver's license issued by the Iowa Department of Transportation. Some marvelous quotes in TFA: "The new app should be highly secure ... People will use a pin number for verification." And "Branstad (Iowa governor)... noted that even Iowa children are now working on digital development projects." A raft of excuses ("battery's dead") and security problems come to mind; how would you implement such a system?
Or a Windows Phone fan... both of which have had them for years.
Only now with the iPhone 6 is Apple finally getting on board the NFC party train.
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The only phones that don't have NFC are Apple phones.
Windows phones, BlackBerry phones, and Android phones all have it.
Apple needs to get with the times.