Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Apple Picks Best Tool for Mobile Checkout: Windows (CE)
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "NEWS" @ 05:00 PM
"After running a pilot program at its retail stores this past holiday shopping season, Apple Computer has deemed its EasyPay checkout systems a "big success" and plans to further integrate the devices into its retail experience . . . . [Apple] began deploying the wireless, paperless credit card scanners at its retail stores earlier this year as part of its iPod Express checkout experience. Apple Geniuses equipped with an EasyPay system can process purchases from customers anywhere on the showroom floor effectively bringing the checkout counter to the customer rather than the other way around. . . . The customer's card is swiped through a scanner attached to a Symbol Technologies PPT8800 wireless handheld device and an email receipt is dispatched and delivered "within an hour.""
As you can (just) see on the screen (and from the Symbol datasheet), the PPT8800 is running Windows CE. Good to see that Apple picked the best tool for the job for this great idea. Genius! ;-)
As you can (just) see on the screen (and from the Symbol datasheet), the PPT8800 is running Windows CE. Good to see that Apple picked the best tool for the job for this great idea. Genius! ;-)
