Best Buy Canada Pilots Mobile POS

Best Buy Canada will pilot mobile point-of-sale capabilities in select Future Shop and Best Buy store locations by summer 2012. The mobile POS solution will be implemented on a service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based Stella Nova Mobile Retail Framework.

This Mobile POS solution is architected to keep POS functionality independent of the mobile device and its operating system, a design that will enable the retailer to adapt to future shifts in mobility trends and technology. The solution's two key components are the Mobile Retail Framework, a suite of core transaction services built on the Microsoft .NET Framework, and the Mobile Client User Interface, offered on multiple handheld, phone and tablet formats and enabled on operating systems including Apple iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 7.

The solution can be accessed either through in-store wireless networks or global wireless communications through the cloud, and can also be extended to enable transactions on customers' own mobile devices.