Use Your Cellphone as a Movie Ticket

[Jerry Raia]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/19/use-your-cellphone-as-a-movie-ticket/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/19/use-your-cellphone-as-a-movie-ticket/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"A movie theater in a suburb of America's technology capital has begun trial-running a payment method that allows customers to not only purchase tickets from their cellphones but actually present an on-screen barcode to the tickettaker. The Emagine Entertainment theater in suburban Detroit is the first US theater to implement pay-by-cell technology from Mobile Box Office, which is currently restricted to Internet-enabled phones with color screens."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Jerry-mbo.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />My favorite part of this is the chance you can't get coverage near the theater and need to wander around looking for a place to get your ticket. :lol:

[mikestew]

[i]"A movie theater in a suburb of America's technology capital ... The Emagine Entertainment theater in suburban Detroit

Did I not get the memo when Detroit became "America's technology capital"? Murder capital from time to time, maybe the writer is confused.

[Jerry Raia]

:lol: I didn't even catch that!

[shonnyb]

chill with the detroit bashin. we are always 2 or 3 on the murder list and the auto show has alot of new technology at it. i'll go check out the theater and let you know how it goes.

[Mike Temporale]

i'll go check out the theater and let you know how it goes.

Please do. I'm interested to know how the system works. Like Jerry mentioned, what happens if you do get a signal in the theater? And aren't the theater owners think of putting in cell phone blockers anyway? :?