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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iOS - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit

SmartEX Registration and e-Ticket Purchase First Impressions

SmartEX service started September 30, I took the plunge and registered. It is not bad, but it is not smooth either. Here is a quick overview and first impressions. Your […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iOS - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit

Apple Pay Suica and EX-PRESS Interoperability Starts October 23

  More transit pieces are coming together for Apple Pay Suica users on October 23. On this date JR Central EX-PRESS members can use Apple Pay Suica with the EX-PRESS […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iOS - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica

Warning to Apple Pay Suica Users: Do Not Install iOS 11.1 Beta

I said it before, I say it again, if you use Apple Pay Suica stay away from iOS 11.1 beta. All of them. Do not take the risk of installing […]

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Reality on the Street

Reality on the street iPhone 8 and iOS 11 Apple Pay can do it all on the iPhone side of the equation but what about store NFC terminals? In early […]

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Something Went Wrong in Siri’s and Apple Maps Development: One Last Time

I thought about John Gruber’s Apple Maps tweet and the various replies. Why is Apple Maps all over the map for so many users around the world? I think it […]

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Global FeliCa iPhone Delivers New Choices in Payment Turf Wars

A Chinese reader tweeted me asking why global FeliCa was a big deal because the Guangzhou metro already uses Apple Pay. Before I could answer another Chinese reader tweeted that Guangzhou […]

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