Both of those are awsome solutions. My only concern is that now we will have to swap out our storage right? or will it have both storage and smartcard on the same SD? I'm with you this is the ultimate crackberry.

I always have my phone out, so why not be able to swipe it for my purchases! That is awesome. I love the building access idea!

By the way, was that phone the 8900 or the 9630, couldn't tell?

They used a 8900 for the SecurityCard demo and a Bold for the swipe-kind-a-thing-demo.

Pretty cool though. ISEC7 (the guys where Kevin seem to get his card from, too) gave those security cards (full working !!) away for free. Showed it to my boss and he was totally. impressed Contacted the guys from ISEC7 and made up a meeting for next week. Can´t wait to learn more!

The possibilities of this technology is would completely change the way companies see smart phones. As an IT/blackberry tech with a large company I can see this being used right away. Not having to worry about having a company berry just the one you want with the smart card/sd in the unit will be a huge thing for companies that issue berries for all of their employees. I should my boss this today and he is so ready to jump on this he has already set up a meeting with the heads of the company. This could forever change the way we IT guys deal with berries for the better.

Wow!!! this is awesome!!

this is just great, although i remember seeing the "swipe tech" on some Japanese phones a few years back.... they were using it to pay for train tickets, to buy a coke from a bending machine ETC

vending machines*

How about a WI-FI capable microSD?

How is this any different then what Palm does with wireless contacts on the Treos?

Have had a chance to check this out, and it's a great application. It's going to take using you device to a whole nother level. Completely awesome. These Devs are geniuses.

so can you use the card to actually store media on it, like pictures/music/video?

Has to be one of coolest thing I have seen for a phone!!! I love how Kevin thought security card demonstration was all that he had to show him. He really wanted to show off more! Oh golly Kevin you should of drilled him with questions to get all info you wanted! Haha. Good times

i really do believe that this is a extremely awesome solution to many things...

I mean with this in just years people literally could be carrying around just one device to really take care of things..

I mean extra cards to get into your building are kind of annoying I cant tell you the amount of times I accidentally left one at home or what not. My berry never gets left behind ;)

This is really good

this thing is really cool , how much will it cost :)

Please pick me!!

That is one very cool idea...or should i say 2 great ideas ;)

Great ideas, so many companies use blackberry and many of them worry about security so this would be perfect. I love the idea of the "contactless" access control for buildings and such. I take it the card would have the ability to broadcast multiple signals through the antenna so you could use your berry for things such as gas, building access, etc. Also, from what I understand you need RIM to build those two contacts into the devices and have them wired to an antenna so as not to have something like the proof of concept, something more seamless such as being built into the battery door and it has contacts that enable flow when placed onto the phone. Can't wait to hear and see more.

Hubertus this is an amazing step forward for our nation. Really impressed with the effort and ingenuity you and the company have shown.

I agree with you guys, and this, or something similar may be what President Obama has.

BUT what do WE need it for, besides the coolness factor and bragging rights? This is a serious question. I can't see the application in my life and business. I don't think it's a chick magnet either...?