No Wallet Required, Just An Expensive Smart Phone

May 25, 2011 By David Burn 1 Comment

Square, the other company from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, is working hard to make offline payments easy. And as Dorsey reminds in this piece from Fortune, 94% of all transactions happen offline.

I have to admit that I am slow to adopt certain technologies. I don’t have a tablet, for instance. So, I’m looking at this CardCase functionality from Square and asking, “Is this actually easier than paying with cash?” Because it doesn’t appear to be easier. What’s your take?

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About David Burn

I wrote my first ad for a local political candidate when I was 17 (she went on to win her race, and I felt the power of persuasive copy for the first time). Today, I live near Portland, Oregon and spend my days building brands for companies that matter.

Anonymous

Seems a little too complicated to me. “Put it on Jack?” Like, how do you prove who you are? Do you still need to pull something out of you pocket? NFC seems more logical. We’re all always holding our phones anyway.