According to a TechCrunch report, an event at Blue Bottle coffee in San Francisco, Square mobile payment company has released an iPad-specific hardware--Square Stand, it can become iPad POS cash register.
Square Stand includes a card reader and a USB interface, it can be connected to the business needs of hardware accessories, including receipt printer, cash drawer and barcode scanner. Merchants can lock iPad in the Square on the Stand, iPad can adjust the inclination and rotation. Consumers can sign consumption directly on the iPad. OtterBox iPad Mini Case
At present, the Square Stand only supports iPad and iPad 3 2, does not support the iPad mini, Lightning interface of iPad version 4 will be available later this year.
At the press conference, Square CEO Jack Dorsey (Jack Dorsey) that compared to traditional cash register display an "ugly, slow, expensive, complex" POS terminals, Square Stand beautiful, fast, user experience better. In addition, the Square also offers real-time data analysis and report generation. He mentioned, in particular, the company focused on payment processing operating system rather than replace barcode scanning or cash drawer, so he didn't Square Stand is equipped with its own cash drawer.
According to statistics, through the iPad traded almost Square 50% of the total amount to be paid, the average volume of smartphones and iPad users twice times the average trading volume. This is the company chooses iPad as an alternative to the traditional reasons for POS cash register.
Square for $ 299, opening today at the official website in advance. Dorsey said that from tomorrow onwards United States 30 stores will have 13 merchants that use Square.
In February, the Square has launched suite of merchant cashier Business In Box, containing two Square of Card Reader, a cash drawer and an iPad stand, which is a means of packaging the device so as to provide a complete solution. Clearly, the Square Stand is its replacement.
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