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May 12, 2008 |

Use your iPhone / iPod Touch to replace your wallet

By Danny Mendez





It’s a known fact: the iPhone hasn’t reached its potential, and it’s clear Apple doesn’t intend on unlocking the phone’s true abilities. As a result, iPhone wielders often come up with really cool ways to do things with their devices, and it looks like someone’s figured out how to use Apple’s mobile to replace certain wallet contents.

A blogger from ‘t Is Goud, was inspired by a wallet "hacking" post on Lifehacker to further slim down his wallet. What the blogger came up with is not only ingenious but ridiculously obvious, making us wonder, "why didn’t I think of that?"

The iPhone user scanned several club and membership cards into his mobile and dedicated a whole album to the idea. When he’s asked for a card, he simply pulls out his iPhone, pulls up the card in fullscreen mode, and either lets the attendant scan it or simply copy the number on the card. He scans both the front and the back of each card, making it pointless to carry many of them in his wallet.

We don’t think this will work with your debit or credit card, but we don’t think that’d be a good idea anyway. If you ever lose your iPhone, anyone could use it to complete some hefty online transactions.

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  • 2 Responses to “Use your iPhone / iPod Touch to replace your wallet”

    1. apple ipod touch:

      […] its potential, and it??s clear apple doesn??t intend on unlocking the phone??s true abilities. …http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/2008/05/12/use-your-iphone-ipod-touch-to-replace-your-wallet/Apple welcomes HBO to iTunes - with a per episode price increase on some shows apple today announced […]

    2. Sherif Omran:

      we need an application to put password on the photos and give a list of the cards.

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