Comments on: Just as the rest of the world catches onto QRCodes, of course Japan’s testing the next leap forward http://grinding.be/2008/09/02/just-as-the-rest-of-the-world-catches-onto-qrcodes-of-course-japans-testing-the-next-leap-forward/ Sun, 20 May 2012 18:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GAPS http://grinding.be/2008/09/02/just-as-the-rest-of-the-world-catches-onto-qrcodes-of-course-japans-testing-the-next-leap-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-11387 GAPS Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:26:39 +0000 http://grinding.be/?p=1152#comment-11387 Elana is correct. Not being terribly interested in being advertised to, I haven’t tried these out. If it’s what I’m thinking of, there is a side panel next to some of the big billboards in train stations that has one of the lit up IC swipe panels on it. I’m also a little scared of what I might be giving away in order to receive their delicious advertising. On another note, I really ought to get off my ass and work out how to get my commuter pass into the FeliCA chip in my phone. When I bought single tickets, I used to use it all the time, but lately not at all. Also got bored of the fact that you could only cash charge it at the register of selected conbini, rather than at the ticket machines. Elana is correct.

Not being terribly interested in being advertised to, I haven’t tried these out. If it’s what I’m thinking of, there is a side panel next to some of the big billboards in train stations that has one of the lit up IC swipe panels on it. I’m also a little scared of what I might be giving away in order to receive their delicious advertising.

On another note, I really ought to get off my ass and work out how to get my commuter pass into the FeliCA chip in my phone. When I bought single tickets, I used to use it all the time, but lately not at all. Also got bored of the fact that you could only cash charge it at the register of selected conbini, rather than at the ticket machines.

]]> By: Elana http://grinding.be/2008/09/02/just-as-the-rest-of-the-world-catches-onto-qrcodes-of-course-japans-testing-the-next-leap-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-11305 Elana Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:37:06 +0000 http://grinding.be/?p=1152#comment-11305 When I was there in February, they had small devices set up in places like tourism offices and retail stores etc.: you would just set down your cell phone on the surface of the little box, and it would transfer information to your phone directly, like local maps, coupons or whatever. I'm sure this is the same technology only embedded in posters instead of small desktop stations. It's also probably the same technology that they use to turn their phones into rail cards (purchase your rail card via the phone's mobile browser and swipe the phone itself at the turnstile to get on the train). When I was there in February, they had small devices set up in places like tourism offices and retail stores etc.: you would just set down your cell phone on the surface of the little box, and it would transfer information to your phone directly, like local maps, coupons or whatever. I’m sure this is the same technology only embedded in posters instead of small desktop stations.

It’s also probably the same technology that they use to turn their phones into rail cards (purchase your rail card via the phone’s mobile browser and swipe the phone itself at the turnstile to get on the train).

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