Mobile phone and RFID taxi tracking service
RFID is converging with mobile phones at a rapid pace, and new applications are emerging that begin to show the potential of this convergence. Korea's KTF, for example, has announced the new 'GREEN TAXI' service, which enables pasengers to get information on the taxi by scanning an RFID tag embedded within the cab's seats.
The RFID scanner comes as a new mobile attachment, and the information received can be relayed back to a friend or family member, who can then track the taxi's location for extra security.
Korea seems to be making a big push with new RFID services and accessories at the moment, with a plethora of new mobile phone/RFID announcements coming from the RFID/USN 2006 exhibition. Although big and clunky at the moment, it surely won't be long before the RFID scanning technology is assimilated by mobile phones in the borg-like way that mobile phones seem to absorb all technology that surrounds them.
RFID, though, has the potential to open up the mobile phone to the world around it in a way previously undreamt of, and it's great to finally see some new innovative services being developed that make use of its possibilities. Expect more RFID announcements and services throughout 2007.
[Source: Aving.Net]
