Are You Ready for iEconomy?

December 31st, 2009 admin

The Mophie Credit Card Reader Jack Dorsey’s Square , Incase, Verifone and now Mophie — these companies’ credit card readers are turning the iPhone/iPod touch platform into an e-commerce engine. Mophie , a Los Angeles-based company that makes accessories for the iPod/iPhone devices will release a credit card reader at CES in January 2010. The device is going to have a reader and…


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