PAYment PDA

The PAYment PDA family of devices unites rich PDA functionality with advanced payment and online validation capabilities – opening the way to a world of new ‘on-the-move’ transaction possibilities that boost workforce productivity and mobilize operators to transact anytime, anyplace.

Connecting to a host of value-added applications, the PAYment PDA family, including the iPA280 and i8550 devices, empowers your workforce to optimize every customer interaction and deliver a wealth of new consumer-facing services — from mobile top-up and loyalty services to responding to real-time information requests such as stock availability or timetable enquiries — all at the touch of a screen. Now operators can eradicate queues, complete, transfer and amend orders instantly, confirm deliveries, issue tickets, take payment, or deliver highly personalized services that add true differentiation to your brand.

Capable of managing a comprehensive range of transactions in a single device — from payment to loyalty applications and lottery services — the PAYment PDA family eliminates the need for multiple terminals, while powerful remote management capabilities slash operational costs. To maximize usability for retail, hospitality, transportation and mobile service sectors, the feature-packed PAYment PDA family incorporates a powerful barcode reader, integrated smart card, magnetic strip and contactless readers, alongside an easy-load thermal printer.

 Security

The PAYment PDA family is EMV certified, delivering security-as-standard for consumers and merchants alike. A 32-bit RISC crypto-processor provides a uniquely scaleable high-performance platform to support a host of new generation security applications, with no impact on transaction speed or reliability.

 Performance

The PAYment PDA family transforms the mobile POS environment to enable truly personalized service and operational agility. These high-performance PDA’s deliver instant access and interaction with online or connected applications — like GPS location services, online databases and business applications — alongside truly dynamic payment and data capture capabilities. The iPA280’s open and flexible Windows CE platform makes it easy to port and rapidly distribute new services and generate new bespoke revenue-generating applications. With pre-pay, mobile top-up and even digitized voucher and coupon management, the PAYment PDA family makes it easy to offer information and enhanced mobile services on the move.

 Design/Ergonomics

Engineered for mobility, these ‘all-in-one’ versatile devices are stylish and lightweight, yet rugged enough to cope with even the toughest working environment. Featuring a large user-friendly full color graphical interface and impressive fast charge capability, the PAYment PDA family is packed full of integrated payment and data capture functionality to enhance workforce productivity and customer service delivery and streamline the purchasing process. To maximize productivity, the i8550 features a touch screen with stylus, backlit mobile-style keyboard, built-in loudspeaker/headset and supports barcode, OMR and OCR reading.

 Connectivity/Mobility

The iPA280 is equipped with an extensive choice of connectivity — including GSM, GPRS, Edge, WiFi, Bluetooth and USB — to ensure mobile operatives stay connected and contactable at all times, delivering real-time performance monitoring. Ultra fast transaction rates make it easy to track orders, process payments, and undertake on-line operations in the field, whilst providing a host of innovative customer-facing incremental services that add a new dimension to any customer interaction. Meanwhile, the i8550 offers real-time GSM/GPRS wireless data communication options.

 Software development

Ingenico delivers incremental revenue today and future proofs the terminal investments of tomorrow. Uniquely, the PAYment PDA family is backwards compatible with all 800+ Ingenico services and applications, while providing an open Windows OS ecosystem to deliver access to the widest possible development community and a truly compelling portfolio of targeted, customized, new generation services.

 Field Services

To reduce total cost of ownership and enable merchants to maximize their terminal investments, Ingenico provides a comprehensive range of terminal and software update and management services – both remotely and in the field. Fully certified professionals and local language helpdesks operate in every territory to ensure Ingenico is on hand to support customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.