Interesting web-site - these use Epson hardware which comes complete with a PCMCIA slot. http://www.datavantage.com/blendnews.asp?ID=50 http://www.datavantage.com/chatter.htm Other products exist, but it is not clear in all cases whether they use 802.11b or something proprietary. There are lots of wireless phone based products, also. http://executouch.com/ http://www.w-e-commerce.com/ http://www.isit.com/IndexWIRE.cfm http://www.1.slb.com/smartcards/wireless/posapp.html http://www.1.slb.com/smartcards/news/00/sct_mobitex0502.html http://www.moneris.com/shortbasic/ Not POS, but inventory management - http://www.barcodeus.com/ All of the POS computers seem to have 10/100 Ethernet ports built-in. Nearly all the software is WinNT or Win2K (a few lean&mean DOS systems survive). About Wal-Mart - a friend who worked in a local super-store informs me that only their inventory system uses wireless. The registers are hardwired to a separate computer system. He said he was able to access their server with ease, even though he worked as a stocker. Overall, I am not surprised at the possibility of 802.11b wireless POS systems. I am surprised that they don't have at least WEP by default.
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