The new features that make up Suica 2.0 are called many things. JR East calls it ‘Next Generation Suica’, I call it Suica 2.0 because there are wider Suica platform […]
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Mobile Suica Lite
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 […]
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Cloud Suica and Suica region extensions announced for early 2023
JR East announced cloud based Suica and extended coverage for the Tohoku region, going online with 44 stations in early 2023 and closing some major service gaps around the same […]
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The truth is in the tap
The Nankai Visa Touch test launch launched endless Twitter discussions about slow EMV contactless tap speeds and performance issues compared with Suica and other Transit IC cards. EMV contactless transit […]
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Is Suica ‘all-in-one’ possible?
Now that Suica 2 in 1 Region Affiliate transit cards are out, it’s time to examine the question that Yanik Magnan posed in his limitless possibility podcast: is Suica all-in-one […]
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The Wireless Android POS/NFC Reader Suck Index
Now that contactless is everywhere, wireless contactless readers have become very fashionable and popular. Nobody wants wires or checkout lines. All of these systems are built around an Android based […]