Retail Stores to Ditch EasyPay System for iPhone App Solution
- April 11th, 2009 - 8.00 pm UTC
- Apple Retail Stores, Apple Rumour, iPhone, iPhone Apps / Development
- Alex Brooks
AppleInsider is reporting that the EasyPay system which Apple adopted in 2005 to improve queues at checkouts will be phased out this later this year. The system which currently runs on PDA devices running Windows Mobile will reportedly be replaced with iPhone units running customised point of sale software.
The device will also hook up to an external credit card reader thanks to the new iPhone 3.0 OS and the POS software will reportedly offer concierge, ordering and store management features according to AppleInsider.
The system is expected to hit stores in July with a full rollout by September.
Comments
JSA 12th April 2009, 15.55 pm
If you are going to buy something at an Apple store, do it before July or after we receive word that this new software has had its .0.1 update. The way Apple doesn’t test their Server OS, Client OS, QuickTime, etc. means that it won’t be a question of if something goes wrong with this new system, but rather how badly it goes wrong and what the fallout will be.
Bob Anderson 12th April 2009, 22.53 pm
It’s about time. This is almost as bad as Microsoft’s commercials being done on a mac. Apple should have found a way to use an iPhone app before this.