Samsung has just unveiled a new Samsung Wallet app that looks a lot like Apple's Passbook app.
Samsung Wallet is a mobile app that allows users to store and manage event tickets, boarding passes, membership cards and coupons all in one place. Just like Passbook, users can receive time or location based notifications when they're able to use their passes. Additionally, real-time updates on membership card points and changes to boarding passes are also support.
Developers can contact Samsung for access to the Samsung Wallet API beta. NFC is not supported as of yet.
Samsung has partnered with Walgreens, Belly, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Expedia, Booking.com, Hotels.com, and Lufthansa for launch.
Check out the video below and see if you can spot the similarities...
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Edward - February 28, 2013 at 10:04pm
Next Samsung Logo: Pine-apple Logo
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Admin - February 28, 2013 at 12:35pm
To all those who think samsung copied... then shut up...
It was google who first introduced the wallet service and then was copied by apple...
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Anthony - February 28, 2013 at 2:43pm
Google Wallet is very different to Samsung's and Apple's offerings.
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Anthony - February 28, 2013 at 2:44pm
Google Wallet is another form of Paypal, not for managing tickets and coupons.
so in the end:
Samsung copied apple.
Google copied Paypal.
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Konsorte17 - February 28, 2013 at 11:58pm
Google wallet does have coupon, ever heard of Google Offer? That's integrated into the Google Wallet.
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riz - March 1, 2013 at 5:13am
Samsung even copied the app design. They really can't come out with their own concept. Now they have their lawyer hired, so they think they can win every case.
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Adito - February 28, 2013 at 11:59am
Hahahahhahaha why samsung doesn't replace the logo to banana or something ?!
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riz - February 28, 2013 at 6:39am
pirate is pirate
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Sam - February 28, 2013 at 3:10am
Samsung may as well change its logo to a fruit now and make black turtle neck the official uniform of its top executives.
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Simon - February 28, 2013 at 1:49am
Samsung copied apple yet again? You don't say.......
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Konsorte17 - February 28, 2013 at 1:09am
Google came up with the wallet before Apple ever put it in the iphone 5; therefore, who's copying who?
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Awayze - February 27, 2013 at 11:57pm
They really are copy cats. Samsuck.
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Kakab - February 27, 2013 at 7:51pm
And what did you expect from Samsung? Originality? Please, these guys are only into money, Apple is the one who's into inovations and changing the world.
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jwa - February 27, 2013 at 7:41pm
Nexus 4. FTW
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DJ - February 27, 2013 at 7:19pm
So what exaclty has samsung invented ?
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SmartyBox - February 27, 2013 at 9:07pm
Uh?
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jwa - February 27, 2013 at 6:27pm
Is it the shape that bothers Apple?
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ratGT - February 27, 2013 at 6:53pm
More importantly, idea/content-wise, this kind of unoriginality should be a let-down for any sane Samsung fan... In other words, for anyone unlike you!
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serwan - February 27, 2013 at 4:59pm
again!!! why samsung only copies apple??? ok it ok to have a competition but with new features not exact same feature and UI
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Jag - February 27, 2013 at 4:53pm
Here comes the neighbourhood....
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Zanka - February 27, 2013 at 4:45pm
Here we go again...sheesh.
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Nick - February 27, 2013 at 4:40pm
Come up with something original already!!! You could at least try and make the logo and app different enough from Apples, and you wonder why they sued you.......
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