Pay like the Japanese.

All this while, I have always thought the Japanese were awesome. Although this is technology some 3 years back, it has actually hit the shores of this sunny island - Singapore. View the clips and understand.


Heard of FeliCa technology? It is actually a RFID smart card system. You have seen it in your ez-link card and in the SIM student card too. Well, as in the clip, the Japanese pay through their mobile phones! In Japan, they have this mobile phone service provider called NTT DoMoCo. Which allows their customers to make payments just by flashing their mobile phones!
Of course there is bound to be setbacks in such convenient technology, however such convenience in my opinion has reduced the idea of notes and coins. In fact eliminated the idea of a credit card too! Being a clubber myself, I have lost money when I open my bag to pick up a call, or my credit card will slip out of my pocket. However if you were to just pay with your phone, I guess the purse will be very much lighter! Well, now I'm just waiting for Blackberry to follow the Japs!