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31 May 2007, 08:03 AM
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Looks good, but so many variables to actually make it really usable.
- Need all devices including cameras (and other devices) to have WiFi/Bluetooth
- major co-operation to allow cards to be read for transactions - given the history of banks and their co-operation on these matters it is probably highly unlikely a unified standard would be adapted.
- Will probably require reasonably expensive development and marketing costs to make any solution work.
- Probably not going to increase any profits for a business.
The utopian ideal is nice, the reality is it won't happen. We'll probably see isolated installs, along the lines of say Jessops/HMV etc that will allow you to do something but you end up having to buy their own cards to pay or either use the device and pay separately.
Plus there will need to be something done for device connectivity, which will make it a lot less usable than in the videos.
- Need all devices including cameras (and other devices) to have WiFi/Bluetooth
- major co-operation to allow cards to be read for transactions - given the history of banks and their co-operation on these matters it is probably highly unlikely a unified standard would be adapted.
- Will probably require reasonably expensive development and marketing costs to make any solution work.
- Probably not going to increase any profits for a business.
The utopian ideal is nice, the reality is it won't happen. We'll probably see isolated installs, along the lines of say Jessops/HMV etc that will allow you to do something but you end up having to buy their own cards to pay or either use the device and pay separately.
Plus there will need to be something done for device connectivity, which will make it a lot less usable than in the videos.
31 May 2007, 08:11 AM
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Card reading machines the size of pocket calculators will be sent out to customers of banks and building societies - including NatWest, Barclays and Nationwide - over the months to come.
When making a bank transfer to a third party, online customers will have to insert their card into the machine and type in their PIN to identify themselves.
A randomly-generated number will then appear on the reader's display screen, which will need to be typed into the computer before a transfer can be authorised.
Hundreds of thousands of the machines will be sent to customers free of charge.
When making a bank transfer to a third party, online customers will have to insert their card into the machine and type in their PIN to identify themselves.
A randomly-generated number will then appear on the reader's display screen, which will need to be typed into the computer before a transfer can be authorised.
Hundreds of thousands of the machines will be sent to customers free of charge.
31 May 2007, 09:07 AM
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This is what my MD said about it 
'They cannot even get their existing technology reliable so I will wait for the bug free version in 20 years. It seems a lot of dough for an upmarket Nintendo Wii'
followed by
"By the way Steve for computing history reference terms the most successful PC Microsoft ever did was:-
“The Toilet PC”
More commonly referred to by experienced IT professionals as a “lump of sh*t”."
'They cannot even get their existing technology reliable so I will wait for the bug free version in 20 years. It seems a lot of dough for an upmarket Nintendo Wii'
followed by
"By the way Steve for computing history reference terms the most successful PC Microsoft ever did was:-
“The Toilet PC”
More commonly referred to by experienced IT professionals as a “lump of sh*t”."
31 May 2007, 11:23 PM
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Good video of Mr Gates showing off his latest product here. It does look pretty cool - even for Microsoft! I'm not complaining about Gates though - his products have kept me in a job for the last decade or so (sorting out holes in companies' IT security )
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