IS YOUR PHONE "SMART" ENOUGH FOR YOU?

IS YOUR PHONE "SMART" ENOUGH FOR YOU? 

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NEW YORK, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- THIS MULTIVU REPORT BROUGHT TO YOU BY RIM.

IN TODAY'S MOBILE WORLD, SMARTPHONE USE IS STEADILY ON THE RISE. BY TWENTY FIFTEEN, SEVENTY THREE PERCENT OF ALL MOBILE PHONES IN USE IN THE U.S. WILL BE SMARTPHONES. WE WILL SEE SMARTPHONES REPLACING CREDIT CARDS, SUBWAY PASSES, KEYS AND ID CARDS.

TECHNOLOGY REPORTER, JOHN QUAIN, IS BREAKING DOWN THE LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN SMARTPHONES:

"Smartphones are becoming smarter, and there is some innovative technology out there. The latest is called Near Field Communications which allows for the digital wallet, where you can use your smartphone to replace wallet items like credit cards. Companies like RIM, the makers of BlackBerry, are using the technology in many ways - BlackBerry smartphones are the first to be certified by MasterCard as PayPass approved devices and the BlackBerry Tag feature uses the technology to allow users to share information by simply tapping one handset against another."

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I'M WES BENTER.

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