RFID has started to trickle down the masses and in the past I have talked about the various implementations which are taking place with regards to this technology. A few days back I had told you about RFID tags being embedded in cell phones at Slippery Rock University. If you look around then RFID is being combined with cell phones at a faster pace and I can prove that too. Here are certain examples talked about by Timo which will make you realize that the days are not far when every cell phone around the world will be using this technology.




Take the case of South Korea which is witnessing an increasing trend of cell phone straps being used for electronic payment. People have been using T-Money services for paying for their purchases and public transport. Most of the mobile phones available in the country have some means for attaching straps which could either be in the form of small handles or holes in the cover. In Hong Kong too we can witness the integration of cell phones and RFID using Octopus card.




Octopus Xpress on covers can convert Nokia 3310 and 3330 handsets into payment devices and it is available without any requirement for initial deposit and only when a person refills the account that one can make payment using their phones. Another project on RFID and cell phones is Shifd where RFID is being attached to cell phones for enjoying web browsing on your mobile phones. Here data is transferred using SMS and the combination of tag and reader is used for detecting the presence of cell phones and computer. Using it one can access web content even when one is away from their computer. I think it's just the beginning and we would see this technology making waves across the globe.