Coming soon: 'wallet phones' from Japan
- added August 19, 2008
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- merasyad
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Although Japan boasts some of the most sophisticated cell phones in the world, delivering high-speed Internet connections, digital TV broadcasts and video downloads, the nation has failed to make its handsets, wireless technology and mobile services hits outside of Japan.
he latest initiative spearheaded by the government with an industry group of Japanese carriers and manufacturers is an effort to help Japan catch up in wooing global users, said Masayuki Ito, official at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Among the wireless innovations Japan hopes to peddle is the wallet phone. The technology relies on a tiny computer chip called FeliCa, embedded in each cell phone, which communicates with a reader-device at stores, train stations and vending machines for cashless payments.
FeliCa was developed by Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. Such technology is more common in smart cards, popular in Singapore and parts of Europe. But Japan hopes to market the technology abroad for cell phones.
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AH - the George Costanza wallet...
http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/george-costanza-wallet.jpg
yeah, not so much.
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That would be cool.
I almost never carry cash, so loading up my cell phone with virtual cash (like $20) and then using it to buy a candy bar or a coke would probably come in handy.
Combine this with debit cards and were fast becoming a cashless society.
Not too long before we're all using Federation Credits when we beam from one planet to another.
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There is much that could be done here. I have enough mentioned my ideas inside Corporations about this specific subject and found a way to pretty much solve everything, yet, it's hard to sell.
This device could have a lot more uses than just a wallet.
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Its been in Scandanavia for years.
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I can't help but think of a line from the late, great show, "Wonderfalls".
"Your ass is ringing." -
So, how do you call the cops if a pickpocket steals your wallet?
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Losing your cell phone just gets more and more complicated.
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when does digital pickpocketing start?
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Anyone heard about that watch phone about year ago. japan had a working prototype of a phone built into a watch and to speak and listen to there other people you would put your thumb in your ear and talk into your little finger...
It works but vibrations eg. if you place a small speaker onto your teeth and play sound it will vibrate up your jaw bone to your ear therefore you can hear it louder then outside your mouth
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- AaronCostello
- 3 months ago
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We can't even get chip and pin right in the UK. God forbid why try to move on other payment systems.
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lame. next no wallet, just a bar coden tattooed on you finer! no cash needed, just you and big brother
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i think in korea they have subway passes built into your phone. so you can swipe your phone & get charged at the end of the month.
i think. or maybe it's my new brilliant idea? -
This is very exciting - they have some seriously cool tech kit over in Japan, though often completely unexportable at present because they work on completely different systems. Exciting...
