http://tidbits.com/ The Passbook app in iOS 6 has an empty drawer. We’re waiting to fill it with — what, exactly? The future is in glorious 2D: tags that we already print out and carry as paper returning to the digital world, stored within Passbook. en-us Copyright 2012 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDT Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDT editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15831 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:53:42 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15831
From what I have been told and read, NFC will carry costs because new kit is required. Merchants that lease terminals, especially independent hand-held ones that talk right to bank systems, would just need to swap these out. But the lease for upgraded systems could be higher. Those that own terminals or have integrated point-of-sale systems will have to replace readers at every location and possibly upgrade back-end software, and so forth. Not necessarily cheap, but part of doing business.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15821 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:32:34 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15821
Also, Chip&Pin has been around for ages and, in the UK, for at least fifteen years, for God's sake. Neither was it costly to set up. Even the smallest of banks and retailers are on board.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15820 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:40:00 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15820 There are many web applications that allow pass creation and help you better understand Passbook feature and potential. Developers are working hard to provide business and users a simple and quick way to implement Passbook app in their plans. I think one of the web app, between the many, is passdock.com, which is very simple to use but has got every feature you need to manage passbook passes.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15804 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:36:40 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15804 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15803 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:35:41 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15803
Plus I know a few people who do take their iPads *everywhere*.

Regardless, it seems pointlessly limiting. Like Clock, there's no technical reason to restrict it to iPhone or (I presume) iPod Touch. Perhaps, like Clock, it'll show up on the iPad in several years. ;-)]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15781 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:02:42 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15781 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15780 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:29:01 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15780 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15779 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:26:29 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15779 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15778 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:59:07 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15778 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15774 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:08:27 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15774 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13282?rss#comments_15762 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:06:10 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13282#comments_15762