Fingerprint Readers on Cell Phones?

…could be coming soon, according to an article in Business 2.0. Several PC manufacturers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Lenova have added the fingerprint recognition hardware to higher-end laptops, and the next likely target is: cell phones.

Apparently, the market for fingerprinting sensors is booming, from $113.6 million in 2006 to an estimated $1.9 billion dollars by 2013.

What’s interesting is that even though there’s no real demand yet, several “cell phone manufacturers in particular have expressed interest” in the hardware. Two of the companies listed were Nokia and Motorola.

Forget NFC, one day you’ll be able to pay for a Sprite with just your thumb.

Source: “Research: Fingerprint security in pro PCs now mainstream; cell phones next” - Business 2.0

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