So
PayPal Mobile -- not
to be confused with Papal Mobile, the MVNO for the active-lifestyle Pope on the go -- is finally getting off the ground
today, bringing a whole generation's eBay buying addiction to bear in the real world. We're just excited to finally put
an end to certain restaurant leechers (you know who you are) who never seem to "remember" cash, but won't have
as much of an excuse with their phone sitting right there in their pocket. PayPal hopes to work with brick and mortar
stores, charities, and media outlets to nab those impulse buys from people who might not be carrying a credit card, or
don't want to take the time to make a regular physical transaction. To make payments you first need to activate you
phone at the PayPal website, and then you just text message PayPal a product ID number, or an amount and a recipient.
PayPal will then call you to make sure the purchase is legit -- they require a unique PIN number to confirm. After that
PayPal will pay the recipient, and even specify shipping info with what is currently listed on your account. Current
retailers that are slated to work with the service include 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Bravo, MTV, and the NBA
Store.
[Via
CNNMoney.com]
posted April 6th 2006 2:47PM
the only place i could find something to buy was at this website.
http://www.anomalynyc.com/robots/robots.html