Any phone can be a mobile credit card

RESPONDING TO criticism from the INQ, mobile software specialist, Masabi, has created what it says is the world's first mobile Java security application.

This app takes up a mere 3 Kb of handset memory and not only does it work over GPRS and 3G, it can also work via text (SMS). So that really is covering all the bases.

The company has produced a graph showing how tiny its app is compared to the opposition.

The application, called Encryptme, has been certified by an independent body which bizarrely turns out to be Britain's BT.

The client can work with all the major web based certification systems supplied by the likes of Sun and the Beast of Redmond. So you don't need to build a special mobile phone authorisation module.

WAP's downfall was that it used its own (and hackable) form of security not industry standards.

The net effect is that Encryptme really does mean the "mobile phone can be readily turned into a portable credit card transaction authorisation system." Which is what the INQ asked for.

Masabi even has its first client - Yourrail. This company will be using the software to enable travellers on the Chiltern railway to buy tickets from their phones. No need for a PC at all. µ

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