iPhone 4.0 to include haptic feedback, RFID reader, and finger print scanner? [Rumor]

Ahhh yes. The iPhone 3GS and OS 3.0 have been out for almost a month now and already people are looking ahead to 2010 and what the next iPhone announcement will bring. Fresh up on today’s list-o-iPhone rumors centers around three main technologies: haptic feedback, RFID, and finger print scanning. The benefits of each or pretty straight forward. Haptic feedback would give a more “physical” response to onscreen actions sort of but not quite like RIM’s surepress “clicking” touchscreen which in theory was great, but in real life isn’t so hot. Implanted RFID readers would give the next iPhone the ability to phone aliens from outer space….scan other items with RFID tags…lets your minds wander. And finally, fingerprint scanning would bring a new, James Bond-esque coolness to Apple’s iPhone line. While most of the iPhone user base wouldn’t need and doesn’t needed fingerprint aided security, one could also argue that in the age where we are becoming increasingly dependent on our mobiles, such a feature couldn’t come a moment to soon. I tend to side with the latter. It’s better to be over prepared than under. Now again, these are strictly rumor and have absolutely no official confirmation of evidence behind them. Still…it’s fun to speculate isn’t it?

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Add an extra level of security to your digital bits with the USB Fingerprint Security Flash Drive

Fingerprint scanners and readers are becoming more ubiquitous on laptops as the threat of theft with a mobile device is obviously much higher than that of a desktop based computer. Flash drives with encryption technologies are nothing new either. However, blending the two while itself also is not “new”, is still something that isn’t widely seen in the flash drive scene yet. If mobile security is at the top of you list, you may want to give the USB Fingerprint Security Flash Drive a look. While the drive tops out at 16GB, you are only allowed to secure up to a nerdy technical 7.79GB of data with the remaining 7.11GB of data free for wondering eye to see. As far as other specs go, the drive comes across as just a so-so deal. But is it really? Read on to find out.