Forget all of that, this is incredible! An iPhone app that makes a restaurant/bar stickier with it’s loyal customers, cuts down on mistakes, and creates an image by the establishment that they”get it”. Look around at who is carrying that iPhone, they already know how to spend money and are apprently some of the few people who still are in this economic sunami.

My hat is off to Rick Orr and ATX for getting in on the restarant/game, my guess is that the technology is coming to a restaurant/bar near you soon.

If only the iPhone had full RFI technology we could use our iPhones (and other smart phones) to do all sorts of things while keeping payment information safely encrypted:
Check in at a hotel – just place your phone on the registration counter (they are already working on this with microsoft’s “Surface” technology.
Pay for any POP service – Dry cleaner, grocery, wifi vending machine etc.

Years from now you know that kids will think we were dinosaurs for having our credit card information on plastic cards in public! When was the last time you same a Passport Savings Book from a bank?

And speaking of vending machines, have you seen those beautiful devices that sell everything from perfume to Apple products to GPS systems? Wow, I was in Las Vegas airport and was blown away by the commercial interaction and even interacted with a digital display at The Venitian hotel (Las Vegas) restaurant area that me check the menu, see interact with the sign by touch to learn more, find other locations etc.

I’m a dreamer with crazy technology ideas, if you’re a technology person who could use idea help thinking of implementation ideas please, feel free to drop me a line or link.

Would love to collaborate.
Chip Stockman