Apple Stores to Upgrade from Windows EasyPay to iPod touch

Apple is looking to upgrade its Windows EasyPay handheld checkout system to an iPod touch based system by Christmas, according to an AppleInsider report.

Sources confirm that Apple is finalizing the new EasyPay terminals which consist of an iPod touch combined with a credit card reader and barcode scanner.

One reader reported that the new devices are already being used to ring up sales at Apple's Valley Fair Mall store in Santa Clara, California, the closest retail outlet to the company's corporate headquarters in Cupertino.


"These things look really cool, much smaller than the Windows-based ones and faster too. They seem to be running a trial at that store, Palo [Alto] did not have them," the reader said.

Existing EasyPay terminals "are huge old ugly pieces of junk," one user confessed. "I hate these things. In the middle of a transaction, I'll hit 'next' and end up dumped back at the login screen. It's so frustrating."

Apple is reportedly running a pilot program which will allow customers to pay cash for purchases made with through an employee carrying an Easypay handheld. Employees would utilize cash drawers located under the tables to accept payment.

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