Paying for a sandwich will soon be possible via a mobile phone as operator Orange rolls out what it claims is the UK's first mobile payments service. The service, due for launch in summer 2011, sees the phone operator partnering with payments firm Barclaycard. More services are expected to roll out in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. By the time of the Olympics it is expected that transactions, transport and tickets will all be available via contactless technology.
If this technology will be normal stuff in our real life. It will offer a lot of convenience to us. Imagine if "Mobile Wallet" this kind of technology is coming true. We just only take a mobile then everything is done. Such as shopping, subway, taxi and etc. I hope this technology is coming soon, that I do just need to bring my mobile when I go outside. The London games is seen as an epicentre for contactless payments, with sponsors such as Visa and Transport for London heavily involved in so-called Near Field Communication (NFC), the short range wireless technology that underpins many wireless payment systems. Many phones already contain NFC technology, including Google's recently released Nexus S. Firms such as Nokia and Blackberry are also beginning to work with the technology. It is rumoured that Apple will also incorporate NFC in its next iPhone.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12287009
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