http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/I guess someone didn't know how the new icons work! Oops :I]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
That is the layout of the original iPhone. See there's no iTunes or App store app. And this is a new patent?]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
Buying tickets on your iPhone..... $45
Getting a new outfit..... $35
Battery dying out once you get to the front of the line..... Priceless

For everything else, there's the physical world.]]>Aug 16th 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 16th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
If people fly with e-tickets on their phones.... They can make events...]]>Aug 16th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 16th 2010 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
Not interesting at all]]>Aug 16th 2010 4:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Japanese phones' FeliCa chips works without much power. No matter how much juice is left in battery you can expect it to *beep* as usual.]]>Aug 16th 2010 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 16th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 16th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 16th 2010 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
There's nothing "futuristic" about ticketing in mobile phones. It's already available in many places, and the ideas are at least ten years old.

Yet again one thing that Apple "invented", like using mobile phones for making video calls... The "innovation" they are going to make is that the implementation s Apple specific so that it doesn't work with anything else on the markets. Apple is new Microsoft.]]>Aug 16th 2010 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 16th 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 16th 2010 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/also this has been a rumor for years now.]]>Aug 16th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/They're not saying they invented this, but you can't do this on the iphone right now, so perhaps they submit this to avoid a third-party from creating an app that does?

]]>Aug 16th 2010 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
Like I want my information on your mobile devices...]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Word.

]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
Exactly. Seeing that this technology has been in use in Japan for years I would venture to say it hasn't picked up in the US because people are afraid of identity theft.

]]>Aug 16th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
The screen doesn't really have anything to do with it. Pretty much any mobile phone camera these days has enough resolution to scan barcodes of various types. My HTC Hero has several apps that can do this already.]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
I think he means scanning the barcode off the screen.
]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/You can use your smartphone to display your airline ticket to scan at airports so I think it's safe to say pretty much every smartphone has a high enough resolution screen for the barcodes.]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/high res screen wouldn't be required. I had no issues using my phone (N85, 320x240 reso) as my boarding pass when I flew Continental a couple months ago.]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
Any old Nokia n95 can be used for flying, subway, star bucks etc tickets/reward card that need scanning. I wouldn't worry with 3G/3GS. ]]>Aug 16th 2010 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
Looking ahead, the bargaining power of cash for local purchases away form the prying eyes of The Man is the way forward.

That and money laundering, of course.








]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
Here. Have a tinfoil hat. It's on the house, this time only. ]]>Aug 16th 2010 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Exrta hilarious coming from a person that keeps their profile private :)

]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/It also depends if the ticket bodies want Apple to take a slice of their pie (make money from them)]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/D-bag: iPhone!]]>Aug 15th 2010 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
Let me guess. If this were announced for any phone or os other than Apple's, you would be fine with that. Right? Because we all know there are no d-bags or hypocrites using Android phones.]]>Aug 16th 2010 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 16th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 15th 2010 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/ How about u put this little "innovation" on the back burner and get back to the real issue at hand...

Notification system.]]>Aug 16th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/*proximity sensor
*OSX 10.7
*Verizon]]>Aug 16th 2010 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/
They already hired Palm's WebOS notifications guy. They're obviously working on it. What more do you want?]]>Aug 16th 2010 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/15/apple-hires-nfc-expert-to-manage-mobile-commerce-prepare-to-pay/Aug 16th 2010 12:18AM