All keitai users can jump for joy on Oct. 1st! You’ll be able to use most major credit cards to start using mobile suica. This is in my view one of the most significant developments with the service. Most people were reluctant to use mobile suica because it meant they had to apply for JR’s viewcard credit card, like I did. But now you don’t have to! You’ll be able to input your current one into the iappli and it’ll work. I expect to see more and more people using their mobile phones to get on the train and buy stuff at shops. On top of that, as I reported earlier, on Oct. 21st they will be introducing Easy Mobile Suica where don’t need a credit card at all. Your bank account is debited directly when you charge your suica enabled phone. Very cool. Now this doesn’t make a difference to me because I’ve been using mobile suica since day one. But once everyone starts using it we can expect to see a explosion of places where the suica will be used. I also expect to see JR start to distance themselves from Suica so that people will start to perceive Suica as a major platform for e-wallet/cashless transactions rather than a ticketless method of getting on and off the train, which was how it started.
And in the USA? Not a damn thing like it. I mean, god forbid we all try to thin down the amount of garbage we carry with us every day.
One more good stuff, according to the news, is that the different contactless wallet system such as Suica®, iD™, QUICPay™ and Edy will be able to share same reader/writer soon.
Check it out:
http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2006/001290.html
That’s great news!! Thanks!
You are welcome. Thanks for your blogs.