Article talks about Docomo's trial of a 'smart' chip to be used for payments
about town, working on a debit card type system.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&e=4&u=/nm/20031216/tc_nm/telecoms_japan_wireless_dc
Related, can anybody comment on whatever happened to the 'buy a Coke with your
keitai' (m-commerce) thing that was buzzing about a couple yars ago? I think
it worked via IR, or maybe you dialed a number on the vending machine's screen
for it to dispense and bill your phone.
--Jason
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Received on Tue Dec 16 20:35:34 2003