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Skriven 2006-03-21 22:31:10 av Thees Peereboom (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 10260 av Antti Kurenniemi (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Paying by Phone
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From: "Thees Peereboom" <theesp@barkto.com>

Antti,

But this is different, I think. Dave's msg was about actually using the phone
as a card, while you, if I get your right, use SMS or dial a specific number to
pay, right? We use that here, too. Especially for parking.

- Thees Peereboom

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:21:21 +0100, Antti Kurenniemi
<NOantti@SPAManttikPLEASE.com> wrote:

> It's less stuff to carry around (I don't like dragging a wallet with me,
> especially in the summer), and you get all your payments detailed in the
> phone bill, which is kinda nice and clear. I regularly pay my parking and
> bus fare with my phone, and sometimes I rent a DVD from the local kiosk
> and
> pay it with my phone.  We've also got a lot of soda / candy / map /
> coffee
> dispensers here and there from which you can order the goods with your
> phone. Oh, and none of these require any special phone or anything like
> that, I don't really get that part - it almost destroys the whole idea
> IMO.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
> "Dave Ings" <ings@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:44202312@w3....
>> Maybe one of our European friends can explain what the big deal is about
>> paying by phone, from the consumer's point of view. So I swipe my phone
>> over a reader instead of swiping a piece of plastic. So what? I'm really
>> not getting what's interesting and useful here.
>>
>> Given how often people lose their phones (almost as often as umbrellas
>> it
>> seems!) I'm not at all convinced converging your credit or debit card
>> and
>> your phone is a good idea.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/21/technology/21cell.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
>>
>> ATLANTA, March 16 - Roy Peek had about $40, three credit cards and a
>> debit
>> card in his wallet. But to pay for a Coke and a slice of pizza here at a
>> Philips Arena concession stand, he whipped out his cellphone.
>> "With this, I don't have to hurry, I don't have to stop at an A.T.M.,"
>> said Mr. Peek, shortly after tapping the device against a coaster-size
>> terminal that flashed lights and beeped as it billed his credit card
>> account.
>>
>> He is one of about 150 consumers who can use specially equipped mobile
>> phones inside the arena as part of a study by a group of payment and
>> wireless companies. "Once I'm hungry, I am going to use my phone for
>> food," Mr. Peek said.
>>
>> The promise of phones that double as digital wallets is not new.
>> Consumers
>> in many Asian and European countries have bought everything from
>> convenience store trinkets to subway tickets using their mobile handsets
>> for years. But the idea has largely been a gadget geek's fantasy here in
>> the United States.
>>
>> Only recently have American banks and wireless companies begun
>> developing
>> mobile payment products. Now, the next wave of technology could wash
>> ashore within two years.
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Dave Ings,
>> Toronto, Canada
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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