Mobile Point of Sale (POS)

By 2015, more than 2.7 million tablets a year will be shipped for use in North American Retail/Hospitality, fundamentally changing some segments.

This month's POS recap covers the latest mobile POS releases, how one St. Louis sports bar was able to increase per table revenue by 10 percent, and eight other can't miss stories.

Tableside self-service ordering and payment solution provides patrons of the St. Louis sports bar with more control over their dining experience, resulting in increased satisfaction, higher server tips and increased per table revenue.

POS system allows servers to take orders and process payments directly in front of their customers, rather than visiting a busy, fixed workstation.

The point-of-sale supplier marketplace is getting serious about mobile offerings as established technology vendors, as well as a number of new startups, are entering into the mobile fray. HT recaps eight mobile POS releases from 2011.

The new tableside ordering and payment solution works in conjunction with traditional pcAmerica POS terminals and synchronizes guest checks and menus in real-time.

The Vancouver-based restaurant selected Squirrel POS software running on Apple iPads in an effort to streamline service.

A new study by Juniper Research expects the mobile payment market to almost triple in value by 2015, reaching $670 billion.