Are traditional wallets really a problem? What exactly is the problem that is being solved here?
My take on the problem:
http://www.quora.com/Aaron-Greenspan/Paying-With-Your-Phone-...
Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, AmEx and Discover
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Re: Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, AmEx and Discover
#32This could, and should be the future. Will it be? Probably not for a while, mostly because Visa and AMEX will launch their own competitive products. Stores will be forced to make a choice as to which system they support. Google will scream for everyone to adopt their "open" system while everyone else will complain about Google wanting to be a monopoly in this new field. The feds will intervene and we'll see years of…
The article says that they're in talks with Visa. Also, Google does not take a cut when you use your Mastercard, it's just like a regular wallet, not paypal. So really Visa and AMEX shouldn't have to reject it.
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Re: Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, AmEx and Discover
#33Anybody knows why it only works on the Sprint Nexus S but not the one on TMobile?
Sprint and Google have been very friendly recently[1], so it could just be an exclusivity thing. What I'm more curious about is why none of Sprint's other, more recent Android phones have NFC in them- I just picked up a Photon yesterday sans NFC, and I'm led to believe that the EVO 3D and the Epic 4G Touch don't have it either. (Which is particularly weird for the E4GT, because the other Galaxy S II variants in the U…
It's pricey and often complicated to incorporate NFC at this stage. The phones that have it so far are more like experimental/reference platforms than anything else. When NFC is available on combo chips it will be everywhere, and manufacturers are just starting to commit properly now - Samsung and Acer have indicated all their future smartphones will have NFC within the last few days, BlackBerry is going the same way, and dear old Nokia could be too. Basically, it is still early days...
Re: Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, AmEx and Discover
#34Are traditional wallets really a problem? What exactly is the problem that is being solved here?
Well you made me realise its not solving the wallet problem, as you will still need a card as many outlets won't support the transaction type. There are plenty of other reasons to carrying a wallet, security cards for example, loyalty cards.
So its definitly not solving the wallet issue.
I won't be buying into it as I leave my phone all over the place. Plus I travel abroad a lot and already deal with way more fraud that I'd like anyway. Total pain dealing with banks to get all the fraudulent transactions reversed after getting home :/ anything that automates the process for me also automates it for the bad guys, so I'll be a late adopter thats for sure.
Re: Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, AmEx and Discover
#35Are traditional wallets really a problem? What exactly is the problem that is being solved here?
For me, pocket room and security. I used to have to carry around a phone,keys, CD player, wallet, and camera. Now the camera and ipod are integrated into the phone, and I'm just carrying my phone, keys, and wallet. I really appreciate the extra pocket space, and I'd love to fold the wallet into the phone and get some more. The extra security of having a PIN on your wallet is just a bonus.
What if Google suspends your account? Won't you lose your wallet then? Google has suspended a lot of accounts lately without consultation or timely redress. That's scarier than losing my wallet.
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#36Nothing of value to add, just noticing that that taxi customer just paid with his Google wallet and left no tip. How is that even possible? And second, I think Google should have learned better after the Google+ soon-to-become-fiasco that using geeks and other people like us to market their products isn't that much of an appealing offer to "normal"-looking potential clients/customers.
Re: Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, AmEx and Discover
#37In the intro video, the guy did not tip the cab driver! He would have taken longer otherwise...
He could have tipped during the cut away.
Re: Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, AmEx and Discover
#38No mention of an International roadmap or trialing in any other country but the US, or on any other device or network for that matter. This has started to annoy me about Google product releases, as I am Australian. Are they releasing too early? Trying to generate hype and be called the first to do something? Why wont they work on things for another 6 months to get it right?
Re: Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, AmEx and Discover
#39This could, and should be the future. Will it be? Probably not for a while, mostly because Visa and AMEX will launch their own competitive products. Stores will be forced to make a choice as to which system they support. Google will scream for everyone to adopt their "open" system while everyone else will complain about Google wanting to be a monopoly in this new field. The feds will intervene and we'll see years of…
The article says that they're in talks with Visa. Also, Google does not take a cut when you use your Mastercard, it's just like a regular wallet, not paypal. So really Visa and AMEX shouldn't have to reject it.
Just because something is free of charge doesn't mean it should be readily adopted.
Re: Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, AmEx and Discover
#40> Our goal is to make it possible for you to add all of your payment cards to Google Wallet, so you can say goodbye to even the biggest traditional wallets.
Most of the cards in my wallet are IDs and discount cards (driver's license, student ID, a couple of grocery stores, gas, bus, train, AAA...). Even if they add support for all payment cards known to man, that would only take two cards out of my wallet. It's a great idea, but it's definitely not "replacing" traditional wallets anytime soon.