Mobile commerce on the rise worldwide and catching on in America

[mandy]

Mobile commerce, a subset of electronic commerce, is on the rise. An increasing number of Americans are purchasing digital content as well as merchandise via their mobile phones—a practice already commonplace overseas in countries such as Japan and Brazil. Needless to say, users must pay for their m-commerce purchases. But in many cases they’re doing so a bit differently than they do in traditional e-commerce...

“All of these common tools and tasks are being consolidated on mobile phones, which younger people everywhere continuously rely on,” BaRoss says. “In Asia, for example, it is a matter of routine for people to point their mobile phones at vending machines and via embedded RFID wireless technology pay for drinks and snacks. Mobile devices are on their way to becoming the gateway to virtually everything—the alarm clock that wakes you up, the place where you access your e-mail and instant messages, your only electronic communication vehicle, your shopping mall, and much more.”...

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