More mobile payment systems have come to the iPhone. A number of them we’ve seen before allow the iPhone to accept credit card payments which are useful for business men on the go. And the most recent one, which has just been announced by Visa, a product of its team-up with DeviceFidelity, is an iPhone case that turns the iPhone into a contactless credit card.
The payment case from VISA and DeviceFidelity is useful at retail stores and places where having no means of swiping credit cards. The system is based on microSD technology, which an in2Pay microSd card comes into play, to allow the iPhone to be used as a contact-less credit card; there is an on-device software that unlocks the card when the user punches in the password.
The payment case is also called in2Pay case which works similarly to third-party external battery cases, plugs into the dock connector at the bottom of the iPhone. This connection provides power and an interface for the microSD card. The picture above shows how you insert the microSD card into the payment case and you need to download the payment app from Apple App store in order for your iPhone to start working as a credit card. It works with iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.
via trendsupdates mobilecrunch
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