I got a parking ticket the other day here in San Francisco. Bit of an arse. But, you know, I didn’t quite understand the parking deal. It looked like free parking. I had to pay the bill online though — an easy process — but I’d have liked the ability to Obopay or Paypal the payment. It wasn’t a fun or enjoyable process. I didn’t spend minutes hovering over the site wondering whether or not to purchase. I got no value from getting the ticket. I just wanted it done. Interestingly, I wanted it fixed there-and-then. Not when I got home. I didn’t want the arse of having to remember to pay the ticket.
I did. But, you know, it was hanging over me the whole day. Hardly a big deal. But news that the Dubai Government’s looking at sorting out a mobile payment option will be welcome around the state I’m sure.
Link: Dubai to enable fee payment via mobiles | Telco, Internet and IT
The Dubai government is currently testing ways to pay bills from mobile phones via SMS, reported Guld News.
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Comment by Dan Lane on 1 February 2008:
That’s very forward thinking of them… now if only they could stop imprisoning mobile geeks without just cause! (a friend of mine, and total mobile geek, is currently imprisoned without charge or release date in Dubai for carrying melatonin, an over-the-counter jet lag aid).