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Personally, I think this is way more elegant. If it's the same one that was featured before, it's a slim look, the card reader is in a much more natural position, and you don't have to worry about breaking off the "cube" — or the cube spinning around for that matter.]]>Dec 10th 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
If you thought that shifty looking fellow at the gas station dressed too well for making $5/hr oumoing gas, just wait for the parking lot attendants skimming cards AND then stealing your car for a chop shop.]]>Dec 10th 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
nextel has had something like this for years. so the only difference is now you can be defrauded by hipsters and not just blue collar folks]]>Dec 10th 2009 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
I think VeriFone are missing the point too. A tag line of 'Accept payments ... with confidence' is forgetting one important thing: it's the *customer* that wants the confidence.

I won't even go into VeriFone describing a scrawled signature as "Secured".

On that note, I assume capacative stylii aren't yet available, so am I supposed to do my signature with my finger?

Sorry for the downer, VeriFone, it's a great idea without enough thought about *practical* security. It's a bit like an elaborate safe with the key taped to the front.]]>Dec 11th 2009 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
Take off the tin foil hat, it's ok. The government is not after you, neither are us aliens.]]>Dec 11th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/There are capacitive styli out now. From what I am told, Apple uses them in their stores that are now using iPod Touches for checking out.

And like the commenter above me alluded to, people need to relax about tech and credit cards. The waiter/waitress at a restaurant takes your card out of your sight and has all the time in the world to take your number. ]]>Dec 11th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/ Cube?]]>Dec 10th 2009 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 11th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 11th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
Because iPhones are so well know for their built-in printer. ]]>Dec 10th 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 11th 2009 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/They're using them at apple stores. I agreed with you in advance.]]>Dec 10th 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
I paid my tree service guy with an old nextel version of this. there are plenty of mobile services that need a way to except more forms of payment than cash/check. you, sir (or ma'am) (or thing), are incorrect.]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 11th 2009 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
eh?]]>Dec 10th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/They also make PC software for processing transactions, which this app is an exension.]]>Dec 10th 2009 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/He wasn't talking about Verifone. He was poking fun at the terrible sentence structure in the article. Public schooling FTW!]]>Dec 11th 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
My first job delivering pizzas (about 7 years ago, I think) for Pizza Hut, we'd make an actual imprint of the credit card when we delivered the pizza, and that was never an issue.

Point being that if you use this with a business that people can trust, be it a national chain or even a local business with an established identity, then people won't mind it at all. I could understand not trusting the random guy at the craft fair, but that's different than calling your trusted handy-man who's been in business for some time, and can be held accountable if something goes wrong.]]>Dec 10th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
your credit card company doesn't reimburse you for fraud? time to switch]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/i bought a case for my iphone and i checked out on one of these.
the store employees all had them with ipod touches.]]>Dec 10th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/find-my-iphone-reunites-true-nerd-with-lost-iphone/)]]>Dec 10th 2009 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Square's solution is for someone who sporadically/randomly needs to accept a card payment b/c it functions like PayPal where they shave off a HUGE percentage of the transaction for the convenience.
No real business would use Square's solution to run more than 1 transaction per day unless they want to go out of business.]]>Dec 10th 2009 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 10th 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Do you pay by credit card when you dine out? In that situation, the server takes your card out of your sight. I think people are really overreacting to the dangers here. If you do not trust someone not to steal your CC info, why on earth would you trust whatever goods or services they are selling?]]>Dec 11th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 11th 2009 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 11th 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 11th 2009 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 11th 2009 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
yes but i'm sure it can be hacked. yup, theres an app for that.]]>Dec 11th 2009 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/Dec 11th 2009 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
On a side note, I find it fraudulent that Paypal blithers some BS about their "protection" while nagging you to draw from your bank rather than a CC on purchases. Paypal's protection is so inferior to what your credit card provides, their claim should draw FTC scrutiny.]]>Dec 11th 2009 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/verifone-payware-mobile-iphone-peripheral-looking-ready-to-squar/
C'mon, merchandising giants of the USA, time to move forwards with Chip and PIN (or possibly the next-gen technology beyond this).]]>Dec 11th 2009 5:56AM