Is fingerprint security the next step for handhelds?

December 4th, 2007 by Annkur

How commonly do you hear a friend loosing a cellphone? Are these mobile tracking softwares really working? For years companied have tried hard to secure your handheld device. However its not easy with hackers always managing to break free. We have certainly seen some promising technology in development, and now manufacturers have gone a step further with fingerprint recognition in such devices.

Portable GPS device being one of the most commonly stolen items form cars in Europe, MEDION AG became the first company in the world to launch a portable GPS device with fingerprint recognition. P4425 (GPS Navigator) incorporates AuthenTec?s TruePrint fingerprint sensor technology, which replaces passwords and PINs with a simple swipe of a finger.

With more than 20 million sensors in use worldwide, AuthenTec is the world’s leading provider of fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions to the high-volume PC, wireless device, and access control markets. AuthenTec’s award-winning sensors take full advantage of The Power of Touch? by utilizing the company’s patented TruePrint? technology to deliver the most convenient, reliable and cost-effective means available for enabling touch-powered features that extend beyond user authentication. AuthenTec’s customers include: ASUSTek, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, High Tech Computer Corporation, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Samsung, and Toshiba, among others.

Although such a technology has not yet common in cellphones we believe time isn’t too far when this will become a trend in all our future gadgets.

Read:
Apple Patents Anti-theft technology for iPod’s
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