MasterCard to release credit card with display and keypad in 2013

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In that case, what about boot time before you can use the card?

do calculators have a boot time? even then, would 3 seconds be murderous?

 

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Haha, very funny.

You see these cards actually require no battary to operate. The power comes from the reader wirelessly. It is called NFC, got it?

Case #1
Buyer: OMG! I forgot to bring cash!
Cashier: Don't worry, we accept any kind of credit cards, sir
Buyer: Thank God.. Here's my card

Case #2 using this new type credit card
Buyer: OMG! I forgot to bring cash!
Cashier: Don't worry, we accept any kind of credit cards, sir
Buyer: Here's my card.. ... ..Wait! I think my card is running out of battery
Cashier: ...

 

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Jeez this article is this old? O.o
Did this ever happen?