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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contactless payment trial goes live on San Francisco's BART]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</guid><description><![CDATA[I've seen the phone up close.  It looks like a Samsung a920 and has a dedicated button on the keypad to launch the wallet software.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2008 2:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contactless payment trial goes live on San Francisco's BART]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know what cell company is hosting this, but I would not want to be on their customer service team when the bills for these transactions start rolling by.<br><br>Most bills are overly complicated to explain as it is, let alone trying to tell some old guy that when he set his phone down at subway he agreed to pay for his food 3 weeks later...on his cell bill.<br><br>Oh, and for the record, I am familiar w/ the bart system and know that it is in no way related to the eatery. simply an example.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2008 3:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contactless payment trial goes live on San Francisco's BART]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</guid><description><![CDATA[None of the Jack or BART transactions are on the cell phone bill.  The phone has a Jack prepaid card and BART EZ-Rider card securely stored in a smart card chip in the phone.  Charges are reflected on those accounts, not your Sprint bill.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2008 5:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contactless payment trial goes live on San Francisco's BART]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</guid><description><![CDATA[So this will only work with certain phones?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[crow610]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2008 3:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contactless payment trial goes live on San Francisco's BART]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</guid><description><![CDATA[These phones use NFC, (near-field communication) and they require a specific chip to be a feature of the phone. At this point, it's not really possible to get an NFC enabled phone in the US. By the way, the chip has credit/debit card data on it, so the phone is really just a case for a contactless pay-pass style credit card.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[scott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 16th 2008 10:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contactless payment trial goes live on San Francisco's BART]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/31/contactless-payment-trial-goes-live-on-san-franciscos-bart/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seen these all over in Japan.  Thought it was never make over the ocean.  Nice!  Now if they can just sell it separate from the cellphone as a card!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NuShrike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2008 5:43PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>