More on NFC's etc...

This article goes more in-depth into NFC technology and other interesting stuff about cell phone credit cards.

http://www.amonline.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=16096

How they work

You may be asking yourself...how do these cell phone credit cards work? Well, they utilize a technology called near-field technology. It is explained in the article here;
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/nfc-phone.htm

Coming to the US?

Cell phone credit cards have been in use in other countries, such as Japan, for some time now. Are they coming to the US soon? The link below addresses that question and gives an opinion on what the hold up may be.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jan/28/sp-cell-phone-as-credit-card-americans-are-on-hold/news-money/

Cell phone credit cards

In this blog I will discuss cell phone credit cards. This is yet another way that cell phones are becoming increasingly entrenched in consumers lives. The link below will give the reader an introduction into the topic, which I will delve into further in the coming weeks.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20050329a1.asp