02-04-2008, 11:16 AM
Quote:When Apple introduced the iPhone last year, it was the first mass market cell phone to use a touchscreen system of controls.
Now the retail and banking industries are pushing a vastly different kind of touch technology. This year's model is all about shopping and using a cell phone like a wand -- touching the end of the phone to a checkout screen when you pay for that Big Mac.
That trend has been labeled "mobile payments," and it has just landed in Spokane, Wash., where U.S. Bank is launching its first six-month trial of cell phones that work like a credit card...
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