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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New Apple Patent Promises Wireless Restaurant Orders]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/27/new-apple-patent-promises-wireless-restaurant-orders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/27/new-apple-patent-promises-wireless-restaurant-orders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Opening the iPhone and iPod Touch to 3rd party software will have the potential of opening commercial use markets to Apple's expanding handheld line.  Restaurant waiters could use such devices for table orders, transmitting date to the kitchen and cash register locations.  The present retail software is still living in the age of DOS.  Should Apple approach this market through 3rd parties they could support more portable devices.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[REB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 1:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New Apple Patent Promises Wireless Restaurant Orders]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/27/new-apple-patent-promises-wireless-restaurant-orders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/27/new-apple-patent-promises-wireless-restaurant-orders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow.. there are so many directions to go in with this patent.<br><br>I'm seeing the ability to browse bus/train timetables from each stop, ordering a taxi from taxi stands, audio/visual guides broadcast inside museums and galleries, store catalogues broadcast from individual stores.. the list is endless....<br><br>This could be the next big thing...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Benson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 27th 2007 3:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New Apple Patent Promises Wireless Restaurant Orders]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/27/new-apple-patent-promises-wireless-restaurant-orders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/27/new-apple-patent-promises-wireless-restaurant-orders/</guid><description><![CDATA[That could be a cool feature if there were other ways to do it - like maybe having a console in the store where you could order - or making the technology accesible from PDAs and Blackberries.  But Apple just keeps getting worse, they are really trying to get the same kind of a grip on the phone market that they have enjoyed on the mainstream mp3 market.  And that is creepy.  <br><br>There's a good article about Apple that you might like, it talks about some of their operating procedures, etc. <a href="http://www.gizmorepublic.com/Apple_iPhone_Dark_Side" rel="nofollow">http://www.gizmorepublic.com/Apple_iPhone_Dark_Side</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 28th 2007 2:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New Apple Patent Promises Wireless Restaurant Orders]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/27/new-apple-patent-promises-wireless-restaurant-orders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/27/new-apple-patent-promises-wireless-restaurant-orders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Too labor intensive for both the cell phone user and the poor order preparer...then they have to match up order to you when you finally show up...and a payment will have to be made AND verified or you ain't leaving the premises, bub!...there is so much more to say...but this is a huge flop. JUST CALL THE COFFEE SHOP, GIVE THEM YOUR ORDER AND PUT IT ON YOUR TAB (OR HAVE YOUR CREDIT/DEBIT CARD ON FILE WITH THEM) FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DR. NO]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 1st 2008 4:29AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
