http://www.gadgetreview.com/2005/12/buy-hot-dog-with-your-cell-phone.html Your Source for Gadget News, Reviews and Deals Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gadgetreview.com/2005/12/buy-hot-dog-with-your-cell-phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-232466 Paying With Your Cell Phone Finally Hits US Shores…Again? - Gadget Review Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:03:05 +0000 http://www.gadgetreview.com/2005/12/buy-hot-dog-with-your-cell-phone.html#comment-232466 [...] are manufactured by Samsung and the payment system is ran by Western Union. Philips ran some trial runs of this back in 2005, but I’m not sure if it really went anywhere. SanDisk also announced [...] [...] are manufactured by Samsung and the payment system is ran by Western Union. Philips ran some trial runs of this back in 2005, but I’m not sure if it really went anywhere. SanDisk also announced [...]

]]> http://www.gadgetreview.com/2005/12/buy-hot-dog-with-your-cell-phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-1373 Gadget Review » MicroSD Payment Card Fri, 05 May 2006 20:47:26 +0000 http://www.gadgetreview.com/2005/12/buy-hot-dog-with-your-cell-phone.html#comment-1373 [...] We keep hearing about ‘contactless’ payment with cell phones – you know, walk up to the kiosk, wave your phone by the register and be on your way. One of the challenges, or so it would seem, would be waiting for the rollout of the next gen phones sporting the necessary security measures and protocols to do this. If the SanDisk Corp has its way this won’t be the case. In fact, you’ll just run to the store and pick up a compatible memory card that contains the necessary credits and hardware. Known as SmartMX, SanDisk has already began a pilot program on the microSD card format, and hopes for a “broader commercial rollout by 2007â€?. [...]

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