Imagine you walk into a McDonalds and instead of swiping a credit card, or
handing over cash, you use your cell phone to place and pay for the order.
Seem a little far-fetched and silly? Well, NTT DoCoMo and McDonalds don't
think so as it's a new service they're planning to roll out in the near future.
Already in Japan, and the UK consumers can purchase items like train tickets via
their cell phones.
It's the next step in making ordering and paying for services and products
even easier, especially in a world where cell phones are becoming as common as
land line phones were a decade ago. Super-wired countries like Japan are
going to be leading the way as companies look for new methods to allow customers
to purchase their goods.
The BBC has a more detailed article on the Cell Phone as Credit Card concept.