Mobile is finally the current big thing, after years of being the next big thing. And every time you turn around, your phone has some new ability, from chronic disease monitoring to translating foreign-language signs.
Now, in addition to raising money via text message, you can have staff members swipe credit cards to take donations on their phones (if you can get your hands on the Square device). It’s like a universal version of the Apple Stores’ iPod checkout system.
Add-on devices haven’t caught on widely for phones yet, but the use cases are obvious: swipe credit cards, test blood glucose levels, present slides, and on and on. Looking forward to seeing what gets adopted first.
