Bookmark shops with Town Pocket RFID

We are getting so, so sick of having to remember anything these days. So thank god for Japan's new Town Pocket system, which is currently being deployed at 153 local shops in Harajuku, where you'll be able to whip out your RFID-enabled cellphone (or QR-code reader, depending on what you've got), and bookmark various stores. Of course the bummer here is the bidirectional communication, since when you bookmark them with that wallet-phone, apparently they can bookmark (and market to) you. Look man, just because we liked your restaurant doesn't mean we want to get SMSs with the dinner specials of the week, ok?

[fever @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

If I could get texts from restaurants and bars on their drink specials, I'd probably even pay for it...

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[Trixie @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

Actually, getting notices from the places bookmarked wouldn't be such a bad thing. I'd love to get notices about specials and sales. Just having that technology to bookmark is a lot easier to track than having a nuch of business cards or taking notes or having to remember the cool places visited.

[Wanax @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

I'd hit that

[Wolf @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

I think that after a while it would get annoying. Yeah, it might be nice to have a few every now and then, but think about getting them numerous times a day.

[Dirk Diggler @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

Finally, I can get the specials from the fetish clothing shops in Harajuku.

[OddManOut @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

I think it would be nice if the bookmark intrinsicaly included their phone number and hours...

[Mark @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

SMS would be irritating, but if this was RSS instead getting specials would be wonderful. And then when someone cooks up a Google Maps hack to stick your bookmarked shops onto a map...

[vignesh @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

I will take a hit. But I will hate the spams of specials & discounts that will follow once my phone number is known to a myriad of shops.