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By: Square Mobile Credit Card Payment solution for the iPhone, Android goes Live

Square Mobile Credit Card Payment solution for the iPhone, Android goes Live — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:19:30 +0000

[...] Square, the company behind the innovative mobile credit card payment solution for the iPhone, has finally gone live with their services. [...]

By: Mophie unveiling iPhone Credit Card Reader at CES 2010

Mophie unveiling iPhone Credit Card Reader at CES 2010 — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:46:59 +0000

[...] remember the Square Credit Card Payment System for the iPhone? Yeah, it’s been a while since we last heard anything about it, and no, we still don’t when it [...]

By: EB

EB — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:57:28 +0000

This kind of hardware did not require the 3.0 3rd party support as far as I see, since it uses neither the Bluetooth stack nor the Dock connector, but rather the always available mic input. My guess is they started working on this LONG before 3.0 was even announced. I was expecting to see Dock Connector card readers (and expect that is what Apple will use in the stores so as they can get rid of those WinMo devices,) but this looks like a great solution!