Mophie To Launch IPhone Card Reader At Electronics Show

January 05, 2010, 11:58 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

Mophie, a Paw Paw, Mich.-based provider of technology accessory products such as smartphone batteries, later this week expects to reveal an external card reader and an application that manages transactions for Apple Inc.’s iPhone at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

A company spokesperson would not provide details about the card reader or confirm information in press reports describing it. “They should be announcing it at [the electronics show] this week, so more details to come,” the spokesperson notes.

The reader likely would attach to the iPhone, and users can pay for items by swiping their cards through the reader, according to press reports.

Mophie’s device will not be the first external card reader designed for the iPhone.

Square Inc. in December announced a mobile-payment device designed to enable iPhone users to accept magnetic stripe card payments. The device includes a small, cube-shaped card reader that plugs in to the audio jack of an iPhone (see story).

Point-of-sale terminal maker VeriFone Holdings Inc. also announced in December a secure card reader and software called Payware Mobile for the iPhone. The product is slated to ship Jan. 15. VeriFone designed the service to make it simple for merchants, such as small cafes, to begin accepting payment cards, the San Jose, Calif.-based company says (see story).

The Arlington, Va.-based Consumer Electronics Association produces the Consumer Electronics Show, which will take place Jan. 7 to 10.

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