Some buzz has been going around this week about hints that the next iPhone will support Near Field Communication (NFC). So far, NFC hasn't caught on big in the US, but this could certainly help. Most of the things we've been told we'll be able to pay for with our smartphones (but, up until now, have been limited to the same things you could buy from your computer browser or the handful of things you can purchase-via-text and have the charge applied on your phone bill) will be possible with NFC. Think along the lines of waving your phone in front of the soda machine to pay for your drink, paying tolls with a wave of your phone, transferring files to a colleague's phone without having to send an email, etc.
Here's a good, up-to-date list of NFC capable/rumored/retired phones...
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