I don’t put much faith in market data from companies selling research to sell their other ‘services’. If you ever observed how the backend research process works, you wouldn’t either. Nevertheless it’s fun to read and compare signposts along the never ending journey. MM Research Institute (MMRI) issued a PR […]
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Japanese government lists dual SIM iPhone models ‘non compliant’ for emergency call issues
The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has listed 15 dual SIM iPhone models including iPhone 13 as “non-compliant” to government technical standards due to an inability to place emergency calls in certain dual SIM use situations. Apple posted a Japanese only support page on October 23 that […]
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Secrets of iOS 15 Apple Wallet
iOS 15 Wallet is deceptive. The first impression out of the box is that nothing has changed much. It looks the same, it works the same. It doesn’t help that many of the new features won’t come until later in the iOS 15 life cycle and will be limited to […]
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Suica Smart-Lock service announced for December launch
JR East announced the Suica Smart-Lock service for a December launch. The service is a co-venture that incorporates JREM who provide the cloud based ID-Port technology and ART, an access system provider using FeliCa and MIFARE NFC technologies and lock provider/partner ALLIGATE. A Suica card (physical and mobile) can be […]
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iOS 15 Apple Pay Wallet preview: the Express Mode difference
Express Transit Suica ruins the Apple Pay experience for using anything else. You want Apple Pay to work that way everywhere but it doesn’t. Most of the time we trudge along using Apple Pay Wallet with face mask Face ID authorization, although the Apple Pay experience on Apple Watch is […]