Mobile Smart Sensors 

AuthenTec smart sensors enhance the touch-powered features of today’s mobile phones and other wireless devices by giving users precise cursor positioning, menu navigation, turbo scrolling, and full touchpad emulation as well as effortless security via the simple swipe of a finger. Smart sensors further contribute to their value by adding personalization features, or the ability to associate different mobile phone applications or functions with different fingers. Mobile wallet purchases can also be authenticated using smart sensors, enhancing the security of mobile commerce (m-commerce) transactions made via the phones.

Juniper Research estimates that worldwide mobile payment volume will grow to $240 billion in 2012, and forecasts growth to $670 billion by 2015. Many major players around the world have announced plans for mobile payments including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, Google,Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Bank of America, Barclays, RIM and others.  AuthenTec is well positioned to provide the much-needed security for mobile wallets because its smart sensors have been helping secure mobile payments in since 2004. For recent news about m-commerce, click here.

AuthenTec smart sensors offer the durability, multiple sensor options including durable TouchStone™ packaging, low power operation, touch-powered functionality and ease of integration needed for today’s mobile systems.