Sagem and UPEK to Launch Android Smartphones with Fingerprint Identity Cell phone maker Sagem Wireless has decided to partner up with UPEK in order to develop some brand new Android capable of special tricks. The handsets in question will be able to read the user's fingerprints, not that we absolutely need such a feature from our mobile phones, do we?

But Sagem, working closely with UPEK, thinks that the fingerprint identity solution is a more than welcomed addition to the whole Android experience. With such a technology on board users will be able to access some of their most important online accounts easier than before.

User names and passwords can be replaced with a fingerprint identification process. In theory that should make online purchases a lot more secure, not to mention mobile banking.

The new Sagem Android phones could arrive as soon as MWC 2010 but we have no details for you at this time. What about you? What's the last Sagem phone you purchased? Read More