Lawson Japan announced NFC contactless support for the popular Ponta rewards card operated by the Recruit Group starting nationwide on November 7. The Lawson press release explains that iOS 12/watch OS […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Transit
iOS 12.1 Apple Pay Suica performance issues
Apple engineering closed my January 2018 iOS 11.2.5 Suica error flicker bug report with the release of iOS 12.1 beta 1: “We believe this issue is resolved in the latest […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - MIFARE - NFC-Felica - Suica - watchOS
Traveling abroad with Apple Pay NFC switching credit cards
Japanese tech journalist Satoru Nakayama who posted his experience of riding the Shanghai subway with an Apple Pay Express Transit China card loaded on his iPhone earlier, continues his Apple Pay […]
Apple - Japanese Typography - Maps - Signage - Transit
Apple Maps Japan Quick Point: indoor maps
Before starting let me get this out of the way: indoor mapping on digital devices is in the stone age and basically sucks. It doesn’t matter if it’s Google, Apple […]
Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - iPhone - Suica - Transit
Apple Pay Suica Express Mode with power reserve
iPhone XS and later have the A12 Bionic powered “Express Cards with power reserve” aka Express Mode power reserve. This feature can be used with Suica and other transit cards, […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit
Global FeliCa vs Galapagos Syndrome QR Codes
Back in the pre-iPhone era Japanese manufactures were busy churning out internet connected, e-wallet capable handsets with high quality cameras (for that time) that most of the western IT media pooh-poohed: […]