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AuthenTec adds biometrics to ASUSTeK’s first fingerprint-enabled world phone

Monday, March 24, 2008

AuthenTec’s fingerprint sensor help have been added to the first fingerprint-enabled phone offered by ASUSTeK. The M536 smart phone supports multiple cellular standards for operation worldwide and incorporates a Melbourne, Florida-based AuthenTec fingerprint sensor to protect sensitive personal data, enable convenient access to internet portals, and serve as a user input device for on-screen navigation. ASUS’ QWERTY keyboard-equipped M536 uses AuthenTec’s AES1710 fingerprint sensor with Power of Touch®. The AES1710 is based on AuthenTec’s patented TruePrint technology, the only solution in volume production that reads below the surface of the skin to the live layer where a person’s true fingerprint resides. [end] 

AuthenTec has announced the availability of a new software development kit (SDK) that is designed to assist developers in creating applications for use with AuthenTec TruePrint sensors and AuthenTec’s TrueSuite identity management software. The SDK, called TrueAPI SDK, is also designed to help developers modify their existing applications to work AuthenTec’s hardware and software solutions.

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AuthenTec, a developer of various biometric solutions and service, has announced that they have been chosen by media system developer MEDION for hardware and software solution to be integrated into MEDION’s multimedia system.

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Airports in Barcelona and Madrid in Spain have installed self-service kiosks available for use by holders of Spanish citizen ID cards or European Community electronic passports, according to a Pro Security Zone article.

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reportedly testing a new NFC-enabled Nokia smart phone, according to phonescoop.com.

The unnamed phone, which Phone Scoop says could feature mobile payment capabilities, also supports Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) on radio bands used by AT&T and T-Mobile’s 3G networks.

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U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are depending on various biometric devices and the enrollment of Afghani citizens into their databases to better tell civilians from militants and other criminals in the area, according to a CJTF-101 article.

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Can biometrics help launch mobile payment in U.S.?

For the first time, a mobile phone with a fingerprint biometric scanner is arriving on U.S. shores.

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