With the proliferation of wearables JR East has been busy adding new devices to Mobile Suica. A timeline: The first hardware standard for Mobile Suica was Osaifu Keitai first on Symbian feature phones in 2006 followed by Android in 2013. This is the basic FeliCa chip in phone approach. Apple […]
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Mobile Suica launches on wena 3
Suica on Sony wena 3 launched today according to a JR East press release. The service was announced in October. In addition to Suica, wena 3 also supports iD, QUICPay and Rakuten Edy payments. wena 3 Mobile Suica is very similar to Garmin Suica with the same Google Pay recharge […]
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Apple Pay PASMO launch day behind the scenes
The every reliable Junya Suzuki has posted exactly what I hoped he would: nitty gritty launch day event details. A quick rundown with commentary if you can’t read his original Japanese post. Big Apple PresenceA large number of Apple Japan folks were on hand at the October 6 Apple Pay […]