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Mobile tablet offers mutiple payment capabilities

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

DLI announced the availability of its mobile point-of-sale tablet, enabling businesses to exchange data and communicate wirelessly both indoors and out with a 3-in-1 mobile payment module.

The DLI 8800 tablet sports a mag-stripe reader, 2D bar code scanner/imager, as well as a contactless-payment reader that will enable businesses to accept customer payments throughout the entire point of sale and customer service environment.


It runs on an Intel Atom processor and in the field it delivers up to 4 hours of non-stop use, or up to 12 hours when docked using the cradle’s dual batteries.

Other notable features include an outdoor readable 7” LED backlist touch screen display, biometric access controls, wireless radio and Skype-based VoIP, and your choice of Windows 7, Vista Business, XP Pro, XP Tablet, or Linux 2.6 (Ubuntu).

Weighing 2.3 lbs. and measuring less than 1.5” thick, the unit is housed in an IP-54 rated, impact-resistant ABS+PC polymer shell that can withstand multiple four-foot drops to concrete. [end] 

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Apple has hired NFC expert Benjamin Vigier as its new product manager for mobile commerce, suggesting that the next gen iPhone may feature mobile wallet capabilities, according to Computerworld.

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eNational Payments, a provider of mobile and contactless electronic commerce and payment processing services, has a entered into a strategic partnership with Mocapay, enabling its merchants and retailers access to Mocapay’s secure mobile payments solution and mobile marketing engine to reach customers in real-time.

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Silicon Valley-based Cimbal has announced the public launch of its software-based NFC payment network. The network, which the company claims is the first of its kind in the world, enables secure payment and peer-to-peer transactions using a smart phone instead of a plastic card.

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Bank of America will be testing NFC payments enabled through microSD cards, a spokesperson for the bank tells NFCNews.com. The program will begin in September and run through the end of the year in New York.

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