Oyster cards on your mobile

Like the sound of having your Oyster card on your mobile phone so you won’t have to carry the plastic card around with you? Well it could soon be happening because phone company O2 are trialling a new system called the O2 Wallet using an adapted Nokia mobile phone that will let 500 of their customers use the handest to swipe on the Oyster card readers on buses, Tubes and trams in London.

The phones can be loaded with credit the same way Oyster cards are in shops and stations throughout the city and users will also be able to pay for goods in stores that have the card readers. The trial will last for six months and if its successful could be launched more widely at the end of next year. Just make sure you don’t lose your mobile, with more things going onto them it could be a lot more costly and inconvenient if it mislaid or stolen.