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Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile Phone

Posted by timothy on from the who-needs-a-boarding-pass dept.

quark007 writes "That's Cricket is reporting that the first match of the India-Australia cricket Test series in Bangalore next month will have hi-tech ticketing with the launch of 'Mobile-Ticketing,' a new service that enables cricket fans across the world to book the tickets online. But thats half the fun, since the tickets would be delivered directly to their mobile phones. the service is managed by Spice . The service delives the ticket as a special barcode which can then be scanned by a barcode reader. Sounds simple. Wired reported a similar story a while back." A system like this would have been great in my unsuccessful hunt for LotR Marathon tickets.

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  1. ZebraPass by powdered+toast+dude · · Score: 5, Informative

    Back in 2000, this was the original plan of a Washington, DC startup called ZebraPass. They failed spectacularly.

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  2. this is old stuff by theskeptic · · Score: 5, Informative

    go to NTT Docomo to see their phones and what they are capable of. Barcoding, ticket sales? Already in place for the past 2 years in jp.

  3. That's the Ticket... Yeah... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Me: "Ok, I want a ticket for the Manchester United match..."dit-dit-diddit
    Phone: "Congratulations! You have an advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
    Me: "wtf.. Gimme a ticket for The Producers..."diddit-dit-dit-dit
    Phone: "Congratulations! You have another advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
    Me: "whaaaattt.. How about a ticket for standing in the road and being hit by a bus..." dit-diddit-dit
    Phone: "Congratulations! You have yet another advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
    Me: "Hm.. I think this thing's been 0wn3d, that could explain all the sold out performances of Barry Manilow."

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