Comment credit card with iDevices (Score 4, Interesting) 57
Sticking with the subject of attaching a credit card reader to an Apple device, there's a business in my city that uses an iPad with a credit card reader on it to do their transactions. Pretty slick considering point of sale (POS) systems used to run for $1.5k-$2k each.
But then on one busy day I saw the cashier constantly swapping the charger and credit card reader in and out because there's only one slot on an iPad. So clearly there's a drawback with that system.
Seems like the natural upgrade is to just have a tablet that can be on a charger AND support a credit/debit card reader at the same time. Bingo, cheap touch screen POS system. Is there one out there that already does this?