Europe's Square

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Post by jordanbrown » Wed, May 16, 2012, 9:04 AM UTC

Re: Europe's Square

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Re: Europe's Square

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Post by quarterto » Wed, May 16, 2012, 9:45 AM UTC

Looks good. I always thought the Square dongle looked a bit flimsy. This looks much more professional.

On the other hand, what the fuck is with that name? iZettle? What's a zettle when it's at home?

Re: Europe's Square

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Post by arethuza » Wed, May 16, 2012, 9:53 AM UTC

quarterto wrote: post #3

Looks good. I always thought the Square dongle looked a bit flimsy. This looks much more professional. On the other hand, what the fuck is with that name? iZettle? What's a zettle when it's at home?

I assume it's supposed to sound like "settle"

Re: Europe's Square

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 16, 2012, 10:01 AM UTC

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Re: Europe's Square

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Post by lachyg » Wed, May 16, 2012, 10:05 AM UTC

One thing that may not be too familiar to the Americans, but this looks a lot sturdier (read:larger) because it isn't a swiper like Square. It is a chip reader, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_and_PIN

Re: Europe's Square

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Post by tomp » Wed, May 16, 2012, 10:12 AM UTC

quarterto wrote: post #3

Looks good. I always thought the Square dongle looked a bit flimsy. This looks much more professional. On the other hand, what the fuck is with that name? iZettle? What's a zettle when it's at home?

The problem with this name is that there are several possibilities for pronouncing it... a German "z" ([ay-tse-tl])? An regular English "z" ([ay-ze-tl])? An "s" ([ay-se-tl])?

I hope they change it.

Re: Europe's Square

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Post by diggan » Wed, May 16, 2012, 10:24 AM UTC

Tried it with an iPhone and it worked great. I hope iZettle will be developed for Android also, since the phone I'm always carrying is running Android.

Re: Europe's Square

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Post by fonzie » Wed, May 16, 2012, 10:25 AM UTC

Doesn't seem to accept Visa at the moment. As much as I like the idea (despite the name) of a European Square, not accepting Visa is less than optimal, especially as they try to gain traction.

Re: Europe's Square

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Post by unwind » Wed, May 16, 2012, 10:27 AM UTC

quarterto wrote: post #3

Looks good. I always thought the Square dongle looked a bit flimsy. This looks much more professional. On the other hand, what the fuck is with that name? iZettle? What's a zettle when it's at home?

The name was pretty clear to me, I read it as a pun/play on the verb "to settle", i.e. to perform a financial transaction in order to resolve a debt.

You triggered my curiousity, though: what's your (mis)interpretation? I don't understand the reference to "at home" at all, and basic Googling failed to resolve it.

Another point about their communications is that their main (English) front page copy says "[...] is as easy as pie", an idiomatic expression that to me screams of the US, which was funny because of the European angle.

It seems they're actually fellow Swedes (yay); I've seen some ads for their card reader in local press, too. The reader was then coupled with (if I recall correctly) a phone with a business-type subscription, the ad was by one of the local/Nordic cell phone operators. Interesting.