Kyocera’s introduces NFC technology in a demo handset of an E2000 cell phone, at CTIA 2008 according to cnet.com. The new NFC capability would allow Kyocera E2000 cell phone users to make small purchases, just by the touch of their fingertip.
The handset avoids fraudulent charges by using a fingerprint scanner to identify the phone’s owner. Without the necessary fingerprint, the handset will not allow NFC purchases.
The Kyocera booth was demonstrating the NFC capability by enabling visitors to purchase items like chewing gum, and after check out allowing them to swipe the phone over the store’s scanner. In real practice, the purchase would then show up on the user’s credit card bill. A spokeswoman also mentioned that you could train the phone to use different credit cards depending on how you swipe the scanner.
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