I assume most people know about this, it is posted for completeness. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3203329.stm <----snip----> Japan plans mobile phone pay plan DoCoMo is hoping to follow Korea's success with smartcards Japanese shoppers should soon be able to use their mobile phones to pay for goods and services thanks to a deal between phone firm NTT DoCoMo and electronics giant Sony. <----snip----> NickReceived on Tue Oct 28 04:22:02 2003