One Card To Rule Them All.....Sort of
Some of you may not like carrying multiple cards or having a thick wallet. I know I don't like to, which is why google wallet has been my best friend. Even with google wallet, there is my real wallet hanging around adding extra padding on my back pocket. Here comes COIN to the rescue.
Roughly the size of a standard credit card, the Bluetooth-connected Coin features a small integrated black and white e-ink display, a single mode button, a two-year battery, and a magnetic stripe that can pretend to be any swappable card in your wallet. Using an iOS or Android App and an included compact dongle, users can swipe multiple debit, credit, even gift cards and then upload those account details onto the Coin. And with the card's single mode button and basic display, they can then toggle through which payment card they'd like to use, and then swipe it through a store's standard card reader.
The Coin card is expected to arrive sometime next summer, but starting today its creators are accepting pre-orders through a crowd-funding campaign at $50—which is half the list price.
It may be a bit much but if you are a gadget freak and a wallet minimalist then this is a solution for you.
