what apple and starbucks should really use an iphone for

[nlivo]

sounds like you listen to the macworld podcast.

 

[comebackdwn]

sounds like you listen to the macworld podcast.

i dont actually. but i dont doubt that this has already been brought up somewhere!

 

[iNikon]

I would like to see the patent too. Yes, this is an old thread

Let's see a link to the patent..google searchable, I assume?

http://www.google.com/patents

I know for years in places like Finland you could buy, for example, a coke from a vending machine on a cell phone.

This wouldn't be all that different.