How Far Are We From Real Mobile Commerce?

A buddy of mine sent over the photo below from Jan Chipchase, who runs one of the most interesting photo blogs I've seen. Think about the photo for a moment -- a parking meter that works via a mobile phone. Actually the parking meter isn't activated by the mobile, rather you call a number to pay. Jan's post also displays a Japanese bus that takes payments via mobile device. Yesterday Dan created a list of the things he would like to see in the next generation of the iPhone. Many of the t