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Nokia 3220

Gridskipper opines on the Near-Field Communication Oyster card in London that could soon be used to pay for more than just Tube rides. The same technology, that Nokia recently put in a prototype 3220, recently made it into the pages of the Economist (sub. req.), appluaded as the way to a “wallet phone” future, in which your cell phone replaces that hunk of cow hide in your pocket:

This means that an NFC-capable mobile phone can potentially function as an Octopus card in Hong Kong, a Suica ticket in Japan, and an Oyster card in London. Not many people would require such flexibility, admittedly.

Yeah, but we would.



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