Comments on: IC stickers for iPhone by SoftBank http://en.akihabaranews.com/78622/phones/ic-stickers-for-iphone-by-softbank?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ic-stickers-for-iphone-by-softbank Live from Japan ! Sat, 18 May 2013 22:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Avery Palos http://en.akihabaranews.com/78622/phones/ic-stickers-for-iphone-by-softbank#comment-84202 Avery Palos Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:00:50 +0000 http://www.akihabaranews.com/?p=78622#comment-84202 Today I was poking around Tokyu Hands and saw that they have an integrated iPhone 4 case that has a special integrated compartment on the rear of the case for your favorite NFC card (Pasmo, Suica, Edy, etc.) retailing for 1,300 yen. It would appear that while its still not integrated with the phone that somebody has already built a better mouse trap (in comparison to Softbanks wonderful new product). At least it isn’t as tacky as a sticker….

]]> By: dvhh http://en.akihabaranews.com/78622/phones/ic-stickers-for-iphone-by-softbank#comment-84024 dvhh Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:25:44 +0000 http://www.akihabaranews.com/?p=78622#comment-84024 Yeah the point is more than valid, plus I think that you can actually check how much money you got on your phone.
Anyway it’s always fun to see that smartphones in Japan usually lacks feature that were taken for granted in “dumb” phone.

]]> By: Avery Palos http://en.akihabaranews.com/78622/phones/ic-stickers-for-iphone-by-softbank#comment-84016 Avery Palos Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:11:50 +0000 http://www.akihabaranews.com/?p=78622#comment-84016 I have been reading about Softbank’s big plan to enable NFC for the iPhone. Personally I am not sure that this is really going to be a big win for the consumer. Firstly who wants to pay 2,980 yen for a big ugly sticker for the back of your phone? Essentially you are paying allot of money for what is normally given away free. I didn’t pay anything for my Edy card; why would I want to pay for this?

Secondly the device isn’t going to be nearly as convenient as other NFC devices that are built into Japanese phones; as the iPhone has no way to communicate with the card. So no mobile recharging capability, etc. Seems like a DOA product….

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