{"id":6665,"date":"2012-10-19T07:58:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T13:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=6665"},"modified":"2019-09-13T13:12:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T19:12:14","slug":"start-a-mobile-pos-with-citizen-and-socket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/start-a-mobile-pos-with-citizen-and-socket\/","title":{"rendered":"Start a Mobile POS With Citizen and Socket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2012-10-18_1102.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-6675\" title=\"2012-10-18_1102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2012-10-18_1102.png\" alt=\"2012 10 18 1102\" width=\"351\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2012-10-18_1102.png 549w, https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2012-10-18_1102-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a>Citizen &amp; Socket: A Mobility Match<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the growing popularity of Android, iOS, and Blackberry devices there are more and more ways you can put theses devices to use. \u00c2\u00a0One of the most common, is bringing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/solutions\/market-applications\/pos.htm\">point of sale<\/a> outside the 4 walls. \u00c2\u00a0Mobile POS\u00c2\u00a0software is available for almost any mobile device but one of the biggest challenges is incorporating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/cats\/scanning.htm\">barcode scanning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/cats\/receipt-printers\/\">receipt printing<\/a>. You could always email a receipt or use the camera on your device as a scanner but many customer will want a physical receipt copy and your camera is a poor substitute for a proper scanner.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Luckily, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/socket-mobile\/\">Socket<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/citizen\/\">Citizen<\/a> have mobile scanners and printers made for mobile applications.\u00c2\u00a0Together, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/socket-mobile\/chs-7ci.htm\">Socket 7Ci<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0hand scanner and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/citizen\/cmp-20.htm\">Citizen CMP20<\/a> mobile printer take point-of-sale wherever it&#8217;s needed. These devices easily work with many platforms, including iOS, Android, and Blackberry. Socket&#8217;s scanner brings industrial-class barcode scanning into a portable, pocket-sized product. While Citizen&#8217;s printer boasts a durable plastic case with extra-long battery charges, so it keeps on running.<\/p>\n<p>Take POS wherever your customers are!<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Socket and Citizen products, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/support\/contactinfo.htm\">contact us<\/a> at Barcodes Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizen &amp; Socket: A Mobility Match With the growing popularity of Android, iOS, and Blackberry devices there are more and more ways you can put theses devices to use. \u00c2\u00a0One of the most common, is bringing the point of sale outside the 4 walls. \u00c2\u00a0Mobile POS\u00c2\u00a0software is available for almost any mobile device but one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,224,56],"tags":[220,325,372,145,223,300,214,304,146],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Start a Mobile POS With Citizen and Socket - Barcoding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/start-a-mobile-pos-with-citizen-and-socket\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Start a Mobile POS With Citizen and Socket - Barcoding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Citizen &amp; 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