A Cellphone Base Station in the Palm of Your Hand

How will the billion people who still use older 2G cellphones use them to pay for goods, just like people with smartphones equipped with near-field communications (NFC) wireless links? One answer is to place a tiny 2G base station at the point of sale so that those older non-NFC phones can also make a short-range transaction securely. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Twu7Tbz3mPY/a-cellphone-base-station-in-the-palm-of-your-hand

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