When MacRumors reported that iPhone X was added to Apple’s obsolete product list, my first thought was good riddance. Most iPhone users outside of Japan don’t know about the iPhone […]
Mobile Transit
JRE Eki-Net Q Ticket system wide service from November 2026
Things go slow, then quickly. JR East rolled out the first part of their Suica 2.0 central server / New MARS account based ticketing in the Tohoku region in May […]
Mobile Transit
More non-JRE commuter passes coming to Mobile Suica in 2027
One of the interesting differences between JR East Mobile Suica and JR West Mobile ICOCA is the latter aggressively adding 3rd party commuter passes with robust online application support. JR […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Full Mobile Suica support finally comes to Pixel and Galaxy Wear OS devices
JR East announced full Mobile Suica support is coming to Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel WearOS Watches from mid-August 2026. Full Mobile Suica support has been available on Apple Watch […]
Mobile Payments
The road to teppay
The 2026-07-01 Mobile Suica temporary service maintenance that ran from 09-50~17:34 JST, coming after 4 hour recharge slowdown on 2026-06-30, was the second time in recent months that Mobile Suica […]
Mobile Transit
New MARS with JRE GO
JR East catches a lot of criticism, some rightly so, for having outdated, old fashioned apps and web services with crusty, confusing UI. As for me, I’d rather have something […]