Mårten just made a post about the Starbucks mobile app which enables the user to pay for a cup of coffee through their mobile.

Why on earth is that not a service we should take for granted in 2011?

Me and Tor met up with Ian Kwon last week, founder of Fanatic.fm and digital agency inmD. We talked a bit about the korean mobile services. Through Gifiticon, a popular service over here, people can basically text anyone a gift. A cup of coffee, a lipstick or a ticket to the movies. The users get’s a digital coupon sent to their mobile. The rather cheesy video from telecom company SK tells it all.

Anyhow, being here and using some of the digital services, like the subway card in the morning to pay for my kimbap at 7eleven and then using the same card for the taxi home at late at night, makes me think a lot of the possibilities we have back in Sweden. Or anywhere for that matter. I think all of it comes down to one thing in the end though: collaborations. 

martenekenberg:

Läser att Starbucks har det mest använda betalningssystemet för mobiltelefoner i USA.

Det fungerar som så att man laddar sitt Starbucks-kort med stålar, kopplar detta till ett program i telefonen i vilket man väljer vad man vill beställa, summan hålls och en streckkod genereras. Denna visas upp…