So.... this is just Coin, but with e-ink?
This is Coin with a larger e-ink display, NFC and "Chip and PIN"
Plastc Card
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#102What need does this address? Are cards taking up too much room in people's lives? This solution doesn't reduce the height or width of the encumbrance at all, and reduces the depth only by n*.76mm, where n is the number of cards that will be replaced. I don't get it. Also, http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TheZenOfProgramming
n is big, and depth-millimeters count for a lot in pocket world.
If you're a lady wearing jeans, this could make the difference in whether you need to bring a purse.
For me, it makes the difference re: whether I need to carry a wallet at all, or whether I replace it with a phone case that has a pocket for this and my drivers license.
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#103How could anyone trust a company to do this after Coin sold their "preorders" without producing a single working unit?
You've just described the bigger startup/crowdfunding scene, my friend. Technology is religion these days - most people aren't able to penetrate the mysteries, and instead have faith in a positive outcome.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would pay 2x what they're asking if it worked like it's supposed to, and I could leave everything else behind. But realistically, I think mobile payment systems are much more likely to succeed. Plus, I already have my phone with me anyway, and it doesn't seem too far fetched that it could provide all the info on my driver's license. So with that and widespread adoption of ApplePay (or whatever ends up succeeding in…
> I think mobile payment systems are much more likely to succeed It's not either/or. Something like this or Coin are essentially interfaces for what will be legacy devices. If it were either/or, then mobile payments would certainly be the better solution.
That's true, though I think once major retailers, gas stations, grocery stores and ATMs are accepting mobile payments, you'd be able to get by without any "legacy" forms of payment pretty easily.
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#105They say this supports chip-and-PIN, but I don't believe them until they explain how. If I have a chip-and-PIN card from my bank, the chip has an unreadable secret used to generate one-time cryptograms to verify the authenticity of the card. There's no way to get that secret onto my Plastc card. You'd need partnerships with banks to get a new secret the way Apple Pay does. Without those, this sounds like it'll be use…
chip-and-PIN had a * with footnote at the bottom of the page:
"*Plastc card will be available to use across all participating locations and with all participating payments types following an over-the-air firmware update in 2015 to enable Chip and PIN and contactless payments."
Sounds like they are working on those partnerships.
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#106This looks kind of neat, but the mere idea of needing to charge my credit card seems kind of ludicrous.
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#107Am I the only person here who still prefers to carry a wallet and pay with cash?
Nope. I prefer my merchants keep more of the money, and the banks less. Also, I have a better grasp of the money running through my fingers, literally.
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#108Looks pretty rad!
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#109So.... this is just Coin, but with e-ink?
Well, I briefly scanned through some of the comments here, one thing I didn't see mentioned was the fact Coin is not rechargeable, once it's dead, you are required to buy a new Coin.
Apparently according to plastic, it is rechargeable, therefore once you buy it, you never have to buy another. Another interesting point was it's wireless rechargeable from the video, which is interesting.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
Plastc also supports NFC
I'm calling shenanigans after reading their specs. Here are my reasons: NFC + EMV secure elements are issued by banks and can't be reprogrammed. You can't switch between them on the fly. You can only house "multiple" EMVs if you can by some grace of god magic convince the different banks, and Amex to take your card to their facility and program it with their secure info and then give it back to you. E-ink displays ar…
"E-ink displays are WAY thicker than they can fit in there"
No, I have in my pocket a PayPal Security Key: it is the same size and thickness and flexibility as a credit card, yet it houses an e-paper display: https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-i... They have been on the market for 5+ years, so the technology is there. Plastc has a bigger display, but there is no doubt it can fit in a credit card because an e-paper display does not require that much supporting circuitry. See this guy who tore down the PayPal card: http://www.stahlke.org/dan/displaycard/