Comments on: The poster child of ‘touch to pay’ http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/04/18/the-poster-child-of-touch-to-pay/ Stories from around the Nokia neighbourhood Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Antoine of MMM/Brighthand http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/04/18/the-poster-child-of-touch-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Antoine of MMM/Brighthand Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:57:45 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=102#comment-193 The key is exactly what was stated in the article: created NFC environments. For that to work best, the devices have to be placed in idea, not just techie-ideal situations. For example, there should be an application on tap that does price comparisons. Using the NFC-enabled handset, one goes into a store, taps a few items, and then gets pertinent compare info. Connect this to the store's wifi (or website) and one should be able to see coupons and other deals. Take this a step further, talk to insurance issuers. Auto insurance folks always give you a map book. Instead of giving just a book, they give the person the ability to "bump" a map onto their device that shows where they are covered and service areas in case of an emergency. If you will, NFC has a solid future, but it has to have practical usage driving its adoption for it to be a consumer-leading technology. The key is exactly what was stated in the article: created NFC environments. For that to work best, the devices have to be placed in idea, not just techie-ideal situations. For example, there should be an application on tap that does price comparisons. Using the NFC-enabled handset, one goes into a store, taps a few items, and then gets pertinent compare info. Connect this to the store’s wifi (or website) and one should be able to see coupons and other deals.

Take this a step further, talk to insurance issuers. Auto insurance folks always give you a map book. Instead of giving just a book, they give the person the ability to “bump” a map onto their device that shows where they are covered and service areas in case of an emergency.

If you will, NFC has a solid future, but it has to have practical usage driving its adoption for it to be a consumer-leading technology.

]]> By: charlie http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/04/18/the-poster-child-of-touch-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-194 charlie Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:18:34 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=102#comment-194 Mike, Carita and I have a pair of phones here to play with. We'll get our butts in gear and do a few videos for people to get a feel for this. Ta, Charlie Mike,

Carita and I have a pair of phones here to play with. We’ll get our butts in gear and do a few videos for people to get a feel for this.

Ta,

Charlie

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