Cell Phones Set to Dial For Dollars

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Cell Phones Set to Dial For Dollars

Posted on Apr 17, 2006

PayPal will now allow users to buy goods and exchange money using their cell phones.

Sweet! It’s been getting far too hard to blow money on impulse items in recent years.

AP:

Cell phones ready to start dialing for dollars

By Brian Garrity, Sat Apr 15, 12:05 AM ET

Forget about cash and credit cards. There’s a new payment alternative for buying CDs, DVDs and other such entertainment pleasures—your cell phone.

Online payment specialist PayPal, a unit of Internet auction giant eBay, has introduced PayPal Mobile to North America. The wireless version of its service enables users to buy goods and exchange money using their phones. Transactions are conducted by secure text message.

Music heavyweights Universal Music Group and MTV already are supporting the technology.

UMG will use PayPal Mobile to sell CDs by the Pussycat Dolls, Mary J. Blige and Daddy Yankee in direct-marketing initiatives. Rollout is imminent. And MTV plans to use it to sell basic merchandise from its Web store, including T-shirts and DVDs.

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