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What Payment Card Reader will Apple connect to the new iPad POS System to be used at the Retail Apple Stores?

• Apple will shortly recreate the retail experience at the Apple Stores (Apple Store 2.0).  The upgrade is a completely new version of RetailMeâ„¢ (Point of Sale software / Customer Relationship Management System) and EasyPayâ„¢ (Payment Card Processing software) and will have a remarkable number of new features (one example: finger on screen signature, etc.).  What new Payment Card Reader (or reader system) will Apple connect to the new iPad POS system, to complete the solution?

• Answer:

  Apple may yet integrate (further) with Square, but it turns out the speculation running up to the May 23 announcement was incorrect. Square instead announced an integrated point of sale system: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/23/squares-disruptive-new-ipad-payments-service-will-replace-cash-registers/ Original answer: There is quite a bit of speculation and some evidence to suggest that it will be . - Square have said they'll be announcing some "exciting news" at 10 am PT on Monday, May 23: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/square-to-livestream-product-announcement-at-techcrunch-disrupt/. This timing fits with the timing of the Apple Store 2.0 rollout. - Square founder Jack Dorsey is known to admire Apple and their sense of design. There's also this tweet from May 21st: https://twitter.com/#!/jack/status/71992177399566336