rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted February 23, 2005 You could soon be paying for the groceries or a train trip with a simple swipe of your cellphone. Nokia has signed a deal with credit card firm Visa to include radio-frequency ID chips in mobile phones, so that the phone can be used to pay for goods or services simply by passing it over a reader.Users must tell Visa in advance what they want to pay for in this way. At the point of sale, the phone sends a burst of encrypted data to authorise payments. The user is then billed for the service. RFID-chipped Nokia 3220 phones will go on sale later this year. The technology will first be used on buses in Hanau, near Frankfurt in Germany. Nokia says the phones could soon be used to pay for journeys on London's underground. The worry is that it will give thieves yet another reason to steal cellphones. amazing....thats what i call a pay-phone and the "will go on sale later this year" might not mean indian market actually this is one of the lamer uses of RF ID tagging....if u know what i mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
