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- dougvfr750, on 05/13/2008, -6/+482My wallet got slimmer because I bought the iPhone
Cool idea though - dmadzak, on 05/13/2008, -5/+254Can I scan my cash as well and use that to pay?
- Takuro, on 05/13/2008, -2/+147Now we're 1 step closer to having the sort of technology that Japan's had with their cellphones for years now.
- inactive, on 05/13/2008, -0/+109I guess they get to swim for free?
- Eddiecoaster, on 05/13/2008, -1/+106If someone steals your phone, there goes your supermarket club card. They'll not only get a phone, but also 10 cents off of a bag of chips.
- mlvassallo, on 05/13/2008, -1/+98If I worked at a place and needed to see your membership card, I wouldn't accept a scan on an iPhone. Sorry, I just wouldn't.
- MxM111, on 05/13/2008, -5/+76A) no scanner will be able to read the bar code on iPhone
B) my swimming card requires to be punched for each visit of the pool. I am not doing it to my iPhone. - DeFex, on 05/13/2008, -4/+66All apple products excel at wallet slimming.
- Unclekoolaid, on 05/13/2008, -1/+60then you must recharge it, it comes with an adapter that you just plug in the wall
- Firehed, on 05/13/2008, -1/+58I'd bet that most cashiers would happily take your iPhone as payment.
- suranwrap, on 05/13/2008, -0/+48Same thing you do when you lose your wallet.
- geodescent, on 05/13/2008, -10/+61I'm seeing a downside to this. What if someone steals your phone?
- ShoGunX900, on 05/13/2008, -7/+53great idea. and the widescreen will display it nicely
- themarq, on 05/13/2008, -2/+45The only problem I can see with this is that it takes time to find a photo the iPhone. Perhaps no longer than it takes to fish them out of my wallet full of 'loyalty' cards. But it got me thinking, how could this leverage the technology further and make the process more efficient?
Geolocation of course. My phone knows where I am within a few meters most of the time. So why not have the phone compare my location to Google Maps and then present the most likely card I will need should I whip out my phone to show it to a cashier. Sure if there's a Safeway right next door to a Home Depot you might wind up with two cards to chose from, but that's better than sorting thru dozens.
Someone call the app a day guys. - stukdog, on 05/13/2008, -6/+44I did this with my tickets. Rather than carrying around my printed tickets from Ticketmaster, I put the bar code on my iPhone. The ticket taker at Fenway didn't believe me at first, but once it scanned and went cleared, it was all good.
Though I could see this backfiring if you had a ticket taker that was scared of technology and though you were trying to make counterfeit tickets. - CraigNobbs, on 05/13/2008, -3/+36I work with various barcode scanners, and have tried to scan images on screens, (Matte and Glossy) LCDs and CRTs. Out of dozens of attempts on numerous screens, I never got a single scan to work.
For a scan to work correctly, the light that is emitted from the scanner must be bounced back into its sensor array. That array expects a very specific light wavelength and will not register unless it gets it. A LCD screen has a back light and a matrix of dots (3 [RGB] dots to one pixel) which colour the emitted backlight. When the Light from the scanner hits the screen, it will either reflect the majority of the light (on a glossy screen) or not enough light (on a matte screen), however it will be uniform because the coloured pixels don't actually absorb enough of the light like paper or a label would, thus making it unreadable.
It doesn't work; wasn't tested before posting it; --digg. - maverick808, on 05/13/2008, -1/+26The same as what happens if someone steals your wallet.
- Terrin, on 05/13/2008, -2/+26You mean I don't have to buy a new one everytime mine dies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF.....I was wondering what all those cords and things were
- elpepe, on 05/13/2008, -17/+42Yes, just buying one will definitely slim down your wallet.
- HumbleDialog, on 05/13/2008, -0/+24It's called a "pocket".
- Raian, on 05/13/2008, -0/+18Sorry not a double entendre-- It was simply a joke
- HumbleDialog, on 05/13/2008, -1/+17What if someone steals your wallet?
If someone steals your phone, at least you still have the original cards. - PunkRampant, on 05/13/2008, -1/+16Crawl up in a corner and start crying?
- diggdat, on 05/13/2008, -0/+13I already have enough tech questions in my life to explain. I think I will keep the millimeter or two thickness of my wallet, in favor of the 10 minute conversations I am likely to have, everywhere I try to use this.
- knight666, on 05/13/2008, -1/+14*flexes his haxxin fingers*
I'll get right on that. - EtherGnat, on 05/13/2008, -0/+12It's not a purse, it's European.
- IphtashuFitz, on 05/13/2008, -0/+14Interesting idea. If I were to do it I'd probably bring my tickets along just in case but not tell the guy unless he made a big stink, called security, etc. or if the scan of the image simply didn't work.
- santaliqueur, on 05/13/2008, -4/+17Hack? Thanks for demonstrating the difference between slashdot and Digg. You think this is a "hack".
- badjoke, on 05/13/2008, -10/+22Awesome idea but pretty much anyone who does this is a pretentious douche.
- gbarger, on 05/13/2008, -1/+13I've got the phone lock turned on for mine. After 10 minutes you need to enter the password or the only feature you can use is the emergency calling.
- JanYpe, on 05/13/2008, -0/+11Technology is so wonderful these days.
- IphtashuFitz, on 05/13/2008, -0/+12Meanwhile they've taken two steps forward so we're still hopelessly behind.
- subterfuge, on 05/13/2008, -0/+9i'll be right back after i scan this . . .
- joshhan, on 05/13/2008, -0/+10Sounds like a great prank to play on your friends with iPhones! :D
- bmson, on 05/13/2008, -5/+17cash?
That's so 80's.
Today we use Debit and Credit cards. - IphtashuFitz, on 05/13/2008, -0/+9Yeah, I know. I meant to say I'd do that the first few times to make sure it worked well. Once I'm comfortable and realize that people like the ticket takers at Fenway are comfortable then I'd stop carrying the tickets.
- andymci, on 05/13/2008, -0/+9I'd rather someone steal my wallet than my iPhone. :(
(That is, of course, assuming I had an iPhone.) - ChzPlz, on 05/13/2008, -0/+9Did you use this to do it? http://www.justoneclubcard.com
You punch in all your loyalty card numbers, and it whips up a single card with all the necessary bar codes. Shweet. - TomTruelle, on 05/13/2008, -0/+8haxxin
- mcberg182, on 05/13/2008, -0/+7Are you retarded?
- maninalift, on 05/13/2008, -0/+8what? why? it looks like an iphone to me
- debuggercll, on 05/13/2008, -0/+7Then your heart stops.
- santaliqueur, on 05/13/2008, -4/+11And non-Apple products are free! Yay!
- nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -0/+8You think someone losing a $600 phone is more likely than someone losing their wallet?
- Christ0s, on 05/13/2008, -0/+7a double entendre has to have two different meanings the previous comment only has one
- t0x2c, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6"To her the physical card was transformed into a picture on a shiny device. On top of that the barcode was scanned successfully. The result; a slightly confused girl and a happy me."
From the linked-through article. - EricAnderton, on 05/13/2008, -1/+7Some stores will actually allow you pay-by-cellphone, so you can leave the cash in the bank. And no, I'm not making this up.
http://www.creditcards.com/Leave-Your-Credit-Card- ... - Xcel, on 05/13/2008, -6/+13So where do you work if not at a place?
- Scaryclouds, on 05/14/2008, -0/+6That where the iPhone Nano comes in.
- aladrin, on 05/13/2008, -1/+8But that doesn't help the original issue: Not having to carry stuff around with you. Now you've just double the work without any benefit.
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