http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
Yea, after 10 swipes your iPonh eocneector will be loose like a sprong loose that has been in the oven at 350 for 120 mins.

iPhone is a delicate POS...

If you want durability buy a Nokia]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
...and his is wrong. ]]>Dec 1st 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
Next time you try and insult someone's hard work, your accusation should have some backbone to them.]]>Dec 1st 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
I am the founder of a small theater company (www.un-scripted.com) and this would be a godsend for us. We can't afford a credit card swiper and we are often renting different theaters downtown San Francisco that don't have credit card options either. But enough of our staff has smart phones and this would be perfect to help us better serve our customers.

Awesome!]]>Dec 1st 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
The phone jack? WTF are you talking about?]]>Dec 1st 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/It's nice to see Mr.Dorsey innovating something new again.. Surprisingly it's far more different than his "twitter" inspired work.

The only caveats here is will its availability only be hindered by iPhone only? Hopefully that's not the case.

See the detailed square-up review: http://bit.ly/squareup-by-jack-dorsey-best-or-worst]]>Dec 1st 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Come on, its the same thing as taking a pictures of someone's card and later using it in an on-line payment system, just reads the info from the magnetic stripe and does that on-line payment immediately, I don't see it as a skimming tool. But i don't see much point in this either. It's nothing more than an iPhone based credit card terminal, at best.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
Now they will be able to get it easily and it can be connected to anything with a mini stereo jack.]]>Dec 1st 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Apple approves and QA tests the app and you can bet they pay special attention to any apps using hardware dongles that scan magnetic strips. There are a variety of magnetic strip scanners/software for Windows Mobile for many years and we haven't seen any great apocalypse of fraud. Either way you're probably safer having someone scan the car din front of you instead of taking it out of your sight. For day-to-day use you should have a credit card with a low max and good fraud protection. If you need something for big purchases get a second account and use the card sparsely. ]]>Dec 1st 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
(also, how the f* do I get verified?)]]>Dec 1st 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
It pays to be careful, but you can't go through life being worried all the time! Remember when everyone was afraid to give their credit card over the internet? New things scare people, and in a couple years, this will be commonplace.

]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 3rd 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
Come on, its the same thing as taking a picture of someone's card and later using it in an on-line payment system, just reads the info from the magnetic stripe and does that on-line payment immediately. I don't see it as a skimming tool. But i don't see much point in this either. It's nothing more than an iPhone based credit card terminal, at best.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/

glad im not the only cynical one here]]>Dec 1st 2009 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
I only see problems with this as others mentioned above.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/ Hookers charging with credit cards. Just when you thought you'd seen it all.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
Many male and female hookers already do online. It's a big business in the gay world. They are just labeled as "male companions" so it gets around prostitution laws. It's not illegal to pay someone to hang out with you. The sexual stuff is technically consenting after that.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Isn't that what Ex Governor Spitzer thought?]]>Dec 1st 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
It's much easier to assume in the legal world that a random man paying for a woman's companionship is only oriented towards sex. The assumption doesn't go the same way in the gay world. It's a double standard, but has allowed a businessmen, fathers, politicians, etc. to enjoy it in secrecy. Also, in the gay world there is rarely ever a pimp or service company involved. So there isn't a massive database of customers in a central location.]]>Dec 1st 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
Sure, this might make it easier for people who were incapable before, but chances are if they were that incapable they're gonna get caught anyways.]]>Dec 1st 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/If you mean the headphone jack that is on the top of the iPhone. I too wondered where they were sticking that little thing.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/if you go to the website you can see it (the square thing)
and it does go into the headphone jack

this is apparently for future multi device expansion]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
I think it's an iPod; the headphone jack is on the lower right on them.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
Straight from their site:

Swipe it.
Read payment cards from any device with an audio input jack, including your mobile phone. Accepting payments has never been faster or more convenient.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
I have a chip on my card and have to enter the PIN...

Lets see those gas stations min wage losers wkim the fake magnetic card that I wiped clean

AHAHAHAHH!!!]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Dec 1st 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
The United States has not adopted the EMV system (that uses smart cards with a chip and usually a PIN for authentication).

As such, this product would be well suited to that market, but not many others.]]>Dec 1st 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
"Sorry, we can't run your card now, AT&T's network is too congested at the moment"]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
Seriously? You think they wouldn't be using wifi for a local purchase?]]>Dec 1st 2009 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/
Mobile payment should work by only using your mobile phone, either by software, through the internet or a built in chip..

This is just a card machine, that doesn't do anything new, and is only getting press, because it connects to an iphone.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/square-iphone-payment-system-gets-itself-a-website-showcased-in/Agreed...why not allow people to pay from their mobiles without the use of a card...set up a web server and create an account system that allows people to save their credit card info but maybe require a PIN or the CVV2 \ last 4 digits along with a password, whatever - something to make it secure. That's a hell of a lot more innovative than some piece of plastic that sucks an iphones battery for no reason.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:46PM