Merchant Newsletter - October 30, 2004

Bluetooth Bonus for Subscribers Only!


This Pricing is NOT on the web!  You MUST call 714-449-0211


  The Dangers of Outsourcing. We get calls from development houses in India from time to time, and we tell them that all of our software technology is developed in the U.S.A. and will stay that way forever.  Some companies have to learn the hard way... US credit card giant Capital One pulled out of India after unauthorized credit levels were offered to customers by Indian call center operators. Newspaper reports in the UK have referred to organized gangs offering a year's wages to foreign call center staff in return for access to US and UK credit card details.

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With the impending release of the Treo 650, which will include Bluetooth, as does the new HP/iPAQ 6315 from T-Mobile (see Issue # 30).  With Bluetooth on the rise, we thought it would be a good time for a price reduction on our Bluetooth card reader and printer, the Pocket Spectrum.

  For readers of this newsletter, we are offering $50 off the price of the Pocket Spectrum.  This reduced price will NOT be on the web, in order to get the savings you MUST order by phone and mention this newsletter.

This new, breakthrough device has a number of improvements over the Pocket Merchant, our cabled reader / printer device. Click here to see how to set this up.

  A true Line Printer (the paper moves underneath a motionless head) , rated not in characters, but MILES of paper in reliability (31 to be precise)! Powered by powerful, built-in Nickel - Metal Hydride rechargeable batteries, this printer literally throws receipts out at up to 2 inches per second!  Pocket Spectrum has a larger paper roll then Pocket Merchant, a full 34 feet for 136 receipts per roll!

  Pocket Spectrum uses a removable battery pack, and includes a separate charger station.  
accept credit cards anywhere
 

You can purchase extra standard battery packs (800 mA) or even double-power battery packs (1600 mA)! 


  PalmOne announced the Treo 650 this week,  They say they will offer it with 4 accessories.  They had better, as they changed the connector AGAIN, and none of the accessories you have, or that are currently on the market will work!  The good news is that there will probably be a major price reduction on the 600's in the coming weeks!  The 650 has replaceable batteries, and a double resolution screen, but you will not see Treo applications taking advantage of this screen for a few weeks to a few months (we will have a high-res version as soon as we get our beta unit).


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