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Finally. It's rather annoying taking out my Pasmo to get through the subway barriers when I can see Android users going through with a tap. Also, the article m

by dcw303 10y ago

Finally. It's rather annoying taking out my Pasmo to get through the subway barriers when I can see Android users going through with a tap. Also, the article mentions mass transit navigation is coming for Maps. If that happens I'll get rid of Google Maps, which is almost useless as it now forces me to log in before doing anything useful.

FreakyT 10y ago
Which Android phones support the IC Card system? I know my Nexus 5X only supports NFC.
- dcw303 10y ago
  I don't know. Here's a page that shows Suica support for JR; I have no idea if the subway companies use the same. I would generally think it would be Japanese handset manufacturers, so Sony, Sharp, etc. https://www.jreast.co.jp/mobilesuica/whats/models.html https://www.jreast.co.jp/mobilesuica/whats/models.html
  - veidr 10y ago
    IC cards for trains had a grand unification a few years back; Suica used to work only on JR but now works on subway etc. (Progress FTW!)
  - aninhumer 10y ago
    Suica is compatible with almost everything else. Japanese IC card compatibility diagram: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ICCard_Connection_en.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ICCard_Connection_en...
greggman 10y ago
Why aren't you logged in and how is that different than apple maps? Doesn't apple maps support you leave pins? Aren't those pins synced to your iCloud account? How is that different? Do you use your iPhone without being logged into apple?
- deleted 10y ago
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darren_ 10y ago
> as it now forces me to log in before doing anything useful. It's still useful without logging in, searches and directions still work fine, they just have a big ugly prompt telling you to log-in. Just ignore it. The main functional things missing are stars, offline, and the personalized suggestion things that appear when you tap search boxes (which regrettably includes recent search history, probably the biggest thing missing from the not-signed-in experience). (disclaimer etc: I work on google maps for iOS)
- igravious 10y ago
  > (which regrettably includes recent search history, probably the biggest thing missing from the not-signed-in experience) You work on it, why not change that? :)
  - NegativeLatency 10y ago
    Ever tried screaming into a deep dark well?
- dcw303 10y ago
  > It's still useful without logging in, searches and directions still work fine Interesting, this was the problem I was having, directions and/or directions from search results weren't working if I wasn't logged in. I just tried again and there's no problem, as you said.
Larrikin 10y ago
Why are you taking out your Pasmo card instead of leaving it in your wallet? My wallet was pretty fat and I had no problems tapping in and out with the card in my closed wallet. My phone had the ability to use Pasmo but I felt a lot safer banging my wallet against the gate every day instead of banging my phone against it.
- dcw303 10y ago
  Sorry, I wasn't that clear. I meant taking it out of my pocket. I have a card case for it as I don't like carrying around a fat wallet. My phone is usually already in my hand :)

by dcw303 10y ago

FreakyT 10y ago

Which Android phones support the IC Card system? I know my Nexus 5X only supports NFC.

dcw303 10y ago
I don't know. Here's a page that shows Suica support for JR; I have no idea if the subway companies use the same. I would generally think it would be Japanese handset manufacturers, so Sony, Sharp, etc. https://www.jreast.co.jp/mobilesuica/whats/models.html https://www.jreast.co.jp/mobilesuica/whats/models.html
- veidr 10y ago
  IC cards for trains had a grand unification a few years back; Suica used to work only on JR but now works on subway etc. (Progress FTW!)
- aninhumer 10y ago
  Suica is compatible with almost everything else. Japanese IC card compatibility diagram: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ICCard_Connection_en.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ICCard_Connection_en...

greggman 10y ago

Why aren't you logged in and how is that different than apple maps? Doesn't apple maps support you leave pins? Aren't those pins synced to your iCloud account? How is that different? Do you use your iPhone without being logged into apple?

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darren_ 10y ago

> as it now forces me to log in before doing anything useful. It's still useful without logging in, searches and directions still work fine, they just have a big ugly prompt telling you to log-in. Just ignore it. The main functional things missing are stars, offline, and the personalized suggestion things that appear when you tap search boxes (which regrettably includes recent search history, probably the biggest thing missing from the not-signed-in experience). (disclaimer etc: I work on google maps for iOS)

igravious 10y ago
> (which regrettably includes recent search history, probably the biggest thing missing from the not-signed-in experience) You work on it, why not change that? :)
- NegativeLatency 10y ago
  Ever tried screaming into a deep dark well?
dcw303 10y ago
> It's still useful without logging in, searches and directions still work fine Interesting, this was the problem I was having, directions and/or directions from search results weren't working if I wasn't logged in. I just tried again and there's no problem, as you said.

Larrikin 10y ago

Why are you taking out your Pasmo card instead of leaving it in your wallet? My wallet was pretty fat and I had no problems tapping in and out with the card in my closed wallet. My phone had the ability to use Pasmo but I felt a lot safer banging my wallet against the gate every day instead of banging my phone against it.

dcw303 10y ago
Sorry, I wasn't that clear. I meant taking it out of my pocket. I have a card case for it as I don't like carrying around a fat wallet. My phone is usually already in my hand :)