Casio brings Android to Point-of-Sale terminals

Casio Computer announced an Android 2.2-based Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal built around a 533MHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor. The VX-100 business support terminal offers a 10.4-inch, 800 x 600 touchscreen, a secondary 2 x 20 subdisplay, a thermal printer, a sales management application, and the ability to be remotely controlled via email.

 Although Casio makes no such claims here, its new VX-100 is the first Android-based Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal we know of. (Viewat recently announced a Windows CE-based EFT-POS VPOS53 handheld PoS reader that was said to be open to Linux- or Android development, however.)

The VX-100 is a desktop device that comes with Casio's sales management application, as well as optional customer relationship management and  reservation management software. The device is designed for retail stores, restaurants, and offices, and works as both a standalone or networked system, according to Casio.

Source: LinuxDevices.com