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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.
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?
On the other hand, "Kindle" is something like an angel in German (or a beer), and I think it is a great name anyway!
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 e…
We use "easy as pie" in the UK too, although it's probably an American import. (EDIT: almost certainly 19th century American. Mark Twain used similar phrases http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-easy-as-pie.html)
I think maybe my accent has a much harder Z than they were anticipating.
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.
Perhaps that's a little unfair. I guess as more and more apps and devices become avaliable for reading you card inforamtion more and more opportunities exist for stealing your info.
Also, signing with anything other than a pen and paper is still a disastrous user experience (see every courier's PDA system ever built)
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.
Edit: they definitely support VISA.
However, what I really dislike is when people also start copy the look and feel of the innovator´s website. I think we should apply the same moral values to startup ideas as we do in science: That implies to create your own work, not to rephrase and to mention the original source. This piece might be missing in the system.
Swede here -- the company is Swedish and I have used it on several occasions, as a payer. It works great. As others have mentioned, it reads the chip, and is sturdy. Not using PIN though, you sign the receipt with your finger, which works really well. You can also get the receipt via email. Edit: they definitely support VISA.
Economically, I can understand that people start to copy concepts and transfer good ideas into their homecountry. That´s nothing new - you can find that across human history and it was often connected to progress. Basically, copycats act like spice merchants in late centuries. They scout for some new spices and try to find out if they can match or create demand in other regions of the world. However, what I really di…