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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Pay Your Fare With Your iPhone

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad" @ 08:00 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/23/...-ny-subway-and/

"DeviceFidelity's mobile twist on Visa's payWave system is a nice little solution to the fact that nobody's bothered to build contactless payment chips into US mobile phones just yet -- DeviceFidelity just stuffs the Visa smart chip circuitry into a microSD card and lets you on your way. Of course, this supplants the much needed additional storage on an Android handset, and requires a chunky add-on case for the iPhone, but at least it's a start."

Indeed! This is like those terminals that we have around here in convenience stores and some fast food places, where all you have to do is wave your card in front of the device and it pays the charges. Too bad it does require a case for the iPhone 4, but perhaps with iPhone 5 some options will be built in to allow the chip?


Thursday, May 6, 2010

Visa Comes to the iPhone

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad)" @ 08:00 AM

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05...-a-credit-card/

"This morning, Visa and DeviceFidelity Inc., issued a joint press release annoucing that they'd built - and received Apple's much-coveted blessing in the form of accessory certification - an iPhone case that acts as a tap-to-pay Visa credit card."

This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I was hoping for some Visa integration, but small steps. The device is built into a case for the iPhone (works on 3G and 3GS) and works in conjunction with an application so you can use it to make purchases with your iPhone. The press release was pulled so I can't link to it, perhaps it will be out today or tomorrow.


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