“Since we released our innovative solution back in 2008, there has been a proliferation of credit card apps in the AppStore,” states Randy Palermo, Member of Rapadev, LLC and lead developer. “While they all essentially do the same thing, they have restrictions or shortcomings to their operation. Most competing Apps require you to use a specific merchant account provider or gateway, or they don’t have a card reader available, or they are not PA-DSS certified. We developed iPay POS to address these issues.”

The software performs captures, authorizations, voids and credits. It utilizes multiple database tables for recording transactions and repeating sale information, such as order, shipping, and customer info. There is also an option to add a gratuity to the final charge.

iPay POS supports many gateways, including gateways outside the United States. A partial listing of supported gateways include: Authorize.net, NMI, Ogone, PayLeap, PayJunction, PayPal Payments Pro, RedFin, Skipjack and PayTrace. Gateways that wish to be included in iPay POS should submit their API documentation to Rapadev for inclusion in a future update.

Rapadev has worked closely with ITSCO to have iPay POS be the first Apple sanctioned application for the iMag Magnetic Swipe Reader for iPhone. The iMag is a secure MSR capable of reading up to three tracks with a bi-directional swipe. The reader is available for ordering directly within iPay POS or at http://cardreaderstore.com.

iPay POS has been coded to strict PCI standards and has undergone PA-DSS testing. The software has passed PA-DSS certification. “It was important for us to make the investment in PA-DSS certification,” continues Mr. Palermo. “If a merchant uses a non PA-DSS certified application, that merchant is opening him/herself up to possible liability issues if any sort of fraud or other security breach happens, even if the merchant or application had nothing to do with the incident. When a customer looking for someone to
place blame on asks a merchant using iPay POS if their card was processed on a certified secure application, that merchant can confidently say yes.”

iPay POS Credit Card Terminal is available in the Apple AppStore as a free download. The application comes with the ability to perform unlimited test transactions and 10 live transactions. Additional transactions may be acquired with an In-App purchase. Further information, video, screenshots, and FAQs can be found at http://www.ipaypos.com.

At the ad:tech conference, FlyCast announced the public beta release of its appMobi native mobile development ecosystem, a set of tools and cloud-based services that allow the creation and deployment of highly engaging smartphone and tablet apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. For the first time, ad agencies and web developers can create native mobile apps and ads using tools they work with every day – HTML and JavaScript.

Originally created to make cross-platform versions of FlyCast’s popular streaming media applications, the appMobi
ecosystem offers “write once – deploy everywhere” capability, currently supporting both Apple and Android
platforms. Unlike other cross-platform tools that only support the creation of an app, appMobi’s “ecosystem”
delivers value after deployment, with pay-as-you-go advertising, analytics, payments, streaming media content
from FlyCast’s content partners, and scalable cloud-based video and audio media streaming services. Because appMobi development is done in HTML with CSS, anything that can be designed for the web can be deployed as an app; appMobi uses no templates or “cookie cutter” forms.

The appMobi ecosystem also supports cross-platform trafficking of HTML5-compliant interactive advertising to
native apps. Interactive ads created using appMobi can be delivered across iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets with no modification needed. Apps and ads created with the appMobi ecosystem are full-speed native applications and fully comply with all Apple SDK 4.0 restrictions.

Development with the appMobi ecosystem is free. FlyCast invites interested publishers, agencies and developers to
sign up for a free account at its website (http://www.appmobi.com).

About appMobi

Created by FlyCast, appMobi is a cross-platform native app development and deployment ecosystem for smartphones and tablets. It allows any web developer with JavaScript experience to create and deliver mobile applications using
only standard HTML tools. appMobi offers the ability to “develop once” and deploy to a variety of popular operating
systems, including iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone 7 (3Q 2010). For more information, visit http://www.appmobi.com.

About FlyCast

FlyCast was among the first to deliver streamed entertainment to the iPhone platform shortly after its inception, and continues to lead the way as a top ten application on multiple smartphone platforms, delivering over 2000 channels of entertainment to millions of users worldwide. FlyCast’s unique delivery architecture has been created to serve the needs of both consumers and content owners. Today’s announcement represents the first public disclosure of FlyCast’s new mobile content development and distribution technology. For more information, visit http://www.flycast.fm.

Developers have incorporated a list of flexible tools, meant to provide an easy and efficient method of recording prayer promises and sharing with others.

PrayerSteward, also known as Promise2Pray, gives users an easy tool for logging prayer reminders. When one person
tells another that they’ll pray for them, they can enter the information on the spot, so they don’t forget as they go
about their day. The app allows users to also add future requests and have them show up in the prayer list at the
appropriate time.

The app is designed for personal and customized usage. Upon download, users can take advantage of the existing five
different prayer categories or erase them and create their own to match prayer habits. Notes can be added and list
displays can be adjusted, as well.

Sharing non-confidential prayer requests can be done from within the app. A user can grab information from their
address books to get the contact details they need to email others in their group or circle when they want to amplify
the power of their prayers for someone.

Another very useful function of PrayerSteward is the copy and paste feature, which allows users to copy all the
details of a prayer request email and quickly add it to their commitment log.

Some of the many features of PrayerSteward:

– Fast and easy, even for a novice
– Set the prayer category entered most often as the default
– Add extra details, such as attaching a contact from your
address book, specifying dates to pray and adding additional
notes
– One tap recalls a list of all active prayer commitments
– View list of future commitments
– View list of archived commitments
– Export all or a subset of prayer commitments in a
delimited text file
– Delete batches of archived commitments based on the end
date of the commitments
– Localized in English and Spanish

Most importantly, PrayerSteward helps people keep their promises and puts the power of prayer networking in the
hands of those who truly want to help.

There are two 24-month tariffs available depending upon the iPhone you want:

- For a Free 8GB iPhone 3G is £34.26 per month.
- For a Free 16GB iPhone 3G is £44.05 per month.

Both of these tariffs will be available from 3 April 2009 and customers will be able to enjoy access to over 9,500 public Wi-Fi hotspots, courtesy of The Cloud and BT Openzone. If you are not willing to sign up to these two year contracts O2 have kept their 18-month mobile phone contracts available for £44.05 for the 8GB iPhone and £73.41 for the 16GB version.

You will be able to get your hands on these deals on the iPhone 3G from O2, Apple and The Carphone Warehouse.

But first things first, the G1 is not really a Google-manufactured phone, like the iPhone is a genuine Apple product. The first G1 mobile handset is actually an HTC mobile phone powered by Google’s Android mobile platform and will be released through T-Mobile network. But since Google is the more popular market brand, it is but fitting that people call the phone the Google Phone. The HTC-Google phone is just the first mobile phone which will have the Android as its OS. Who knows which other mobile phone manufacturers are going to join the bandwagon as soon as they’ve found out how successful or not the first Google Phone would be. The G1 is up for release on October 22. Words on the streets say that there were already 1.5 million pre-orders for the unit. If that figure is true, well the G1 might be on the road to success then.

While those who have pre-ordered the G1 awaits the shipment on October 22, some lucky tech geeks have already had their first taste of the G1 as early as last week. And the whole week, we’ve seen several of them writing out their initial impression of the Google phone. We’ve rounded some of these reviews of the Google Phone to help you gauge whether the Google phone is worthy of your money, is worthy of the monicker iPhone killer and is worthy of the attention that it is getting right now.

Om Malik pointed out immediately that the G1 is certainly not an iPhone killer. The G1 lacks the sophistication of the iPhone touch screen features. But nonetheless he also pointed out that the G1 is certainly smartphone which fulfils what a mobile phone should do. Something which the iPhone failed to accomplis.

CrunchGear’s Peter Ha on the other hand was not very pleased with the Android as an OS and contends with the fact that the Android is still in beta stage. Hence, it is not yet a powerful and robust mobile phone OS. But he nonetheless pointed out that the G1’s hardware would have to be the one to pull off the success factor for the G1.

The Boy Genius Report wrote a very comprehensive review of the phone and pointed out that users will love the G1 for as long as they what it is. It is not a BlackBerry, nor a Sidekick but an adult Sidekick phone.

Lifehacker’s Gina Trapani also got her hands on the G1 and said that she will never trade her iPhone for the G1 for reasons such as; the device bulky form factor, T-Mobile’s 3G coverage in her area which renders the G1’s GPS utterly useless, the inability of the phone to handle multiple Google accounts. But she also praised the G1’s fast mobile web browser which is as robust as the iPhone’s Safari browser, the copy and paste functionality which we all missed on the iPhone and customizable keyboard shortcuts.

Gizmodo also has a comprehensive review of the G1 and declared that it is not a finished product yet. He pointed out that there are only three working Google Apps so far – Gmail, Maps and Calendar. Bottomline is, according to Gizmodo, still depends on users’ preferences. The phone is definitely better than other smartphones available in the market today. Hopefully more Google apps will be ported as well as more third-party apps will be developed.

Walt Mossberg of All Things Digital thinks that the G1 is a very good first effort and a godsent for people who prefer physical keyboard. He also pointed out the inferiority of the G1’s user interface as copared to the iPhone, particularly the lack of ability to flick between multiple pictures and web pages or to zoom in and zoom out of a photo or web page.

Suzanne Choney of MSNBC immediately noticed the striking resemblance of the G1 with that of the iPhone particulary the black-slab form factor. But she pointed out that Google has done a good job of making the phone one of the easier-to-maneuver touchscreen smartphones, thanks to the Google Android platform. She thinks that the G1 is not as fluid and simple to use as the iPhone but it will be a popular alternative for those who don’t like the iPhone or AT&T as their wireless carrier.

Reported by cellphonenews.com, October 18, 2008