Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Some Technology websites I found

https://www.speedpass.com/forms/frmHowItWorks.aspx?pPg=howTech.htm&pgHeader=how

http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/aboutourcards/paypass/faqs.html#q01

http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/aboutourcards/paypass/how_to_tap.html

  • -Near Field Communication (NFC) - a technology that allows your mobile phone to securely transmit and receive information over a short range, maximum range of a few inches, when you make a payment.
  • Over the Air Personalization (OTA) - the process used to configure your mobile phone for with your PayPass information. This configuration only needs to be completed once.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_23/b3936060.htm

Technically, transforming phones into credit cards shouldn't give DoCoMo's engineers too much trouble. Since last July, DoCoMo has sold some 3 million handsets with FeliCa chips -- tiny radios that send out a signal when the phone is placed near a sensor. The technology, developed in conjunction with Sony Corp. (SNE ) and available on most higher-end DoCoMo handsets, lets subscribers pay for drinks at vending machines, buy groceries at convenience stores, or gain entry to clubs and cinemas. In January commuters will be able to use FeliCa phones to pass through turnstiles to board East Japan Railway trains.

Anything about docomo credit card phone

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=939

http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/archive/1/

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Technology-Article.asp?ArtNum=12

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