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Apple retail stores upgrading EasyPay from Windows to iPod touch
appleinsider.com - 10/28/2009
Apple retail stores upgrading EasyPay from Windows to iPod touch
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Multiple sources have noted that Apple will be transitioning its retail store EasyPay handheld checkout systems from Windows-based PDA devices to iPod touch hardware for the 2009 holiday season.
Exclusive look at Apple's new iPod touch-based EasyPay checkout
appleinsider.com - 11/3/2009
Exclusive look at Apple's new iPod touch-based EasyPay checkout
— appleinsider.com — (ifoAppleStore) Within two weeks, Apple stores will begin retiring their current Windows CE-based portable computers and start... using a custom-designed and crafted iPod touch to check out customers. AppleInsider has a first look at the new system. (more) Exclusive look at Apple's new iPod touch-based EasyPay ...

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Interview: The Man Who Named the iMac and Wrote Think Different
cultofmac.com - 11/4/2009
Interview: The Man Who Named the iMac and Wrote Think Different
— cultofmac.com — Meet Ken Segall — the man who dreamed up the name “iMac” and wrote the famous Think... Different campaign. Segall is a veteran creative director who worked at Apple’s agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day, back in the day. “I’ve ... (more) Interview: The Man Who Named the iMac and Wrote Think ...

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mediamemo.allthingsd.com - 10/31/2009
Apple Ad Guru: I'm Not Going Anywhere
— mediamemo.allthingsd.com — Lee Clow, who gets credit for a couple decades worth of Apple's iconic advertising campaigns, wants us... to know that he isn't going anywhere. Cool! Now, take a look at some Apple ads. (more) Apple Ad Guru: I'm Not Going Anywhere

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Apple stores finally begin upgrading from Windows-based EasyPay to iPod touch checkout systems
MacDailyNews — ... which retail employees reported little satisfaction in using." McLean reports, "Like other Windows Mobile/Pocket PC devices, the EasyPay systems require a stylus to operate, they look clunky, and they're susceptible to crashing or losing WiFi connectivity, all of which impact Apple's ability to do business in a professional manner. Problems with EasyPay systems were blamed for helping to create long lines at the launch of the iPhone 3G last year." Read more in the full article here .

Apple stores finally begin upgrading from Windows CE-based to iPod touch checkout systems
MacDailyNews — ... which retail employees reported little satisfaction in using." McLean reports, "Like other Windows Mobile/Pocket PC devices, the EasyPay systems require a stylus to operate, they look clunky, and they're susceptible to crashing or losing WiFi connectivity, all of which impact Apple's ability to do business in a professional manner. Problems with EasyPay systems were blamed for helping to create long lines at the launch of the iPhone 3G last year." Read more in the full article here . ...

Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (And Why) [Remainders]
Gizmodo — ... Apple stores are ditching those clunky hand held point of sale computers—which are Windows run—for iPod touches that can do the same thing. There's no way to write this story up without making an unfair Microsoft joke, which isn't fair because those point of sale units have been a big part of why Apple stores have been easy to check out at. [AppleInsider] ...

Apple Geniuses Transitioning to iPod Touches In-Store
Gearlog — ... Apple has apparently already begun the transition--rolling the devices out in its Santa Clara-based Valley Fair Mall location, which, as Apple Insider points out, is the closest store to Cupertino. ...

Apple stores upgrading from Windows-based EasyPay to iPod touch
Chicago Mac/PC Support — ... Very cool.  Plus it gives you a hint on Apples future direction with all those different colored shirts they made employees wear.  Click here to read. ...

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