Search Results for 'e-cash'

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  September 6th

  News Japan's NTT DoCoMo to hit US mobile market

  Giant Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo is set to make a surprise move to bring its cutting-edge services overseas when it launches in the US some time next year.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  June 6th

  News Massive e-cash surge hits Japan's shops

  We've seen before how pervasive RFID-based electronic money is in Japan, but it comes as a bit of a shock to note that the country now has exactly one e-cash card in circulation for every member of the population.

  Related categories : World-of-tech

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  May 30th

  News Mobile phones to send cash to each other

  Many of us in the West have long been looking lustily at Japan's mobile phone e-cash systems with little hope of getting anything similar soon, so forgive us if it seems a little unfair to report an even more exciting development in m-commerce.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  April 5th

  News Cars to get RFID identity tags for toll gates

  While there's little doubt that RFID tags are set to take over the world in everything from e-cash to warehouse inventory tracking, they haven't yet made much impact in cars - something Mitsubishi aims to change.

  Related categories : Car-tech , Future-tech

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  March 8th

  News Bravia TV sets to take e-cash payments

  Using a TV for surfing the web has always been pretty much a bust, but the imminent rise of downloads direct to TV sets looks a sure bet for online media success in the living room.

  Related categories : Television , Home-theatre-audio

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  November 29th 2008

  News Nokia to stop selling phones ... in Japan

  Just a week after plans leaked about Nokia's imminent move into mobile network operations, comes word that it is to stop selling handsets to other carriers.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  November 14th 2008

  News RFID robot spells doom for human shopkeepers

  Unlike most of the world, the Japanese are generally quick to embrace new technology that makes life easier, so we have high hopes for a new robot from NEC that replaces boring old shop assistants.

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  October 31st 2008

  News Super high-res phone lacks only kitchen sink

  Japanese phone users may not have as good a selection of decent hardware as us in the West (they're big on services, mind), but they do at least now have one of the highest-resolution handsets in the business.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  August 27th 2008

  News Mexican phone firms offer e-payment by mobile

  When it comes to the inevitability of wireless e-cash on mobile phones, we don't want to run the risk of sounding smug, but we really did tell you so.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  August 22nd 2008

  News Electronic cash devices breach 100 million barrier

  Anyone doubting the likely spread of Japanese-style electronic cash to the West that we've been predicting for some time need only look at the latest data on how many people there are actually using e-cash.

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  August 13th 2008

  News First figures show iPhone 3G was a huge hit

  A month on from the launch of the latest version of the iPhone, we have the first data on sales from one of the only countries where Apple may have privately feared for its 3G handset - Japan.

  Related categories : Phone-and-communications

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  August 6th 2008

  News Android outflanked by seven more LiMo phones

  While the Google-backed Android operating system for mobile phones has been hogging the limelight for months now, a more nimble rival by the name of LiMo has been quietly going about the business of actually getting phones built.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  July 17th 2008

  News Next-generation search to mine our RFID trail

  The increasing use of RFID tags in everything from products on shelves to transportation cards is clearly convenient for all concerned, but a new venture from Japan highlights the potential for misusing the wireless technology.

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  July 17th 2008

  News Japan report: DoCoMo and our 4G road to the future

  If we had a penny for every time we've covered the amazing new services and research coming out of Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo, we'd have the proverbial riches of Croesus.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  July 3rd 2008

  News Europe-wide phone e-cash coming soon

  Although we've been following developments in the field of mobile micropayments - or using a phone as e-cash - for some time now, little has happened recently outside the global leaders of Japan and South Korea.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  June 24th 2008

  News iPhone gets all-you-can-eat data in Japan too

  News from Japan of price plans for the 3G iPhone when it goes on sale there next month may not dispel the slightly giddy fears that it will flop in that country, but they do confirm that Apple's price promise of a cheaper phone will be upheld.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  June 18th 2008

  News Leading mobile phone firm to build own bank

  Last month, when we looked at the future of mobile technologies from an academic's perspective, one of the predictions that stood out was that phone companies looking to encourage mobile micropayments using their handsets would be well advised to team up with a solid financial institution first.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  June 5th 2008

  News Japan report: inside the mobile phone dream factory

  The Mobile Consumer Lab at the International University of Japan (IUJ) in Uonuma, Niigata, was created with a very clear purpose. It's not obsessed with the technology in modern phones. Instead, it focuses on how people use them and the ways in which better, more useful services might be created.

  Related categories : Future-tech , Mobile-phones

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  May 20th 2008

  News McDonald's serves Java with mobile phone menu

  Just over a year after they agreed to work together, NTT DoCoMo and McDonald's Japan have finally come up with a product using the phone giant's RFID-equipped handsets.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  May 16th 2008

  News Electronic payment by phone being held back?

  It had to happen - mere hours after we explain why the inexorable mobile e-cash juggernaut can't be stopped, we get naysayers piping up to say unlucky tech fans in the West will have to wait several more years to get started paying for things with their phones.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones