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Don’t Want Apple? Google’s OS has a Point-of-Sale Android App for That!

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point of sale android Don’t Want Apple? Google’s OS has a Point of Sale Android App for That!The operating system (OS) wars and tablet wars are practically legendary. The two camps are strongly divided. Some tout the advantages of Apple’s iOS and intuitive design over Google’s Android OS platform; others prefer the open-source nature of the Android Market. Some people love Apple; others love to hate it. Some simply prefer Android. Still others don’t care one way or the other; they just want to save money and feel Android-based devices are the cheaper option. The same point of contention and lines of division apply when it comes to tablet computer-based wireless point of sale (POS) systems. So, which is better: Apple POS or point-of-sale Android?

For restaurateurs who are Apple advocates, iPad menus, integrated into a total Apple point of sale system, are the obvious and definitive choice. But, an iPad POS system is no longer the only choice. Proprietors who prefer Google’s operating system can now choose to present their menus on tablet computers optimized for the Android Market with full point-of-sale Android integration. (See our previous blog posts “An Android Digital Menu Comes to West Hartford’s Restaurant Row” and “La Luna Ristorante Launches Android Digital POS Pilot Program.”)

The two POS systems function similarly. Whether POS Apple or point-of-sale Android, the new wireless POS systems incorporate front-of-the-house (customer-facing) and back-of-the-house (kitchen-facing) technology, social media, and other features that offer restaurants a vast number of advantages — not only over outdated paper menus and wine lists, antiquated paper restaurant reservation books, and primitive manual cash registers and inventory systems, but over traditional, old-school commercial POS systems and bulky electronic reservation booking systems, as well.

Configured as a fully-integrated POS system, both POS iPad and point-of-sale Android systems can handle such functions as menu development, presentation, and management; reservation management, table layout and seating; social media management; customer relations management; sales, transaction, inventory, purchasing, cost, and operations tracking, analysis, and management; accounting; collection, tracking, optimization, and leveraging of empirical consumer intelligence; and customer-controlled, tableside ordering and payment. (See how “Feature-Rich Digital Menus Saves Time and Money for NYC Eatery.”)

Both Apple POS and point-of-sale Android systems can be used to track, analyze, and control food costs; identify high and low margin items on the menu; compute sales and cost rankings; enhance the guest experience; improve customer service; enhance customer engagement; create and streamline efficiencies; save time; control, reduce, or eliminate costs; reduce lines; facilitate development of effective, bespoke marketing, advertising, promotional, and sales messages; deliver performance data on a transaction-by-transaction basis; and may be used to control peripherals, such as an electronic cash drawer or receipt printer. (Be sure to read our previous article, “Digital Menu Software: Tech-Diet Staple of Restaurants in India.”)

Whether an Apple POS or point-of-sale Android system is best for a particular restaurant may come down to an evaluation of the specific features and configuration requirements, such as whether or not the system enables peer-to-peer short message service (SMS) mobile technology, internet access, and social media integration, can host embedded video, transmit live video feed, or support augmented reality (AR), whether it runs on native applications, is compatible with the restaurant’s legacy systems, or can be expanded as the restaurant grows, or whether or not the digital handheld devices have dual front- and rear-facing cameras.

(Don’t miss our recent Chef Series of blog posts point-of-sale Android: “Chef’s Food Blog on POS Android Digital Menus Captivates Guests,” Cheap Android POS Lets Guests Chat or Give the Chef a Mouthful,” and “Best Android POS Tip: Top Chefs Don’t Just Cook…They Connect!.”)

But the final decision will ultimately be driven by which operating system the restaurateur prefers. Love Apple’s iOS or think Google’s Android OS bites? An iPad POS system is naturally better. Hate Apple or simply prefer Google’s Android OS platform? A point-of-sale Android may be a better option.

Now, you have a choice!

Disclaimer: This is an independent report sourced from one or more news articles and or press releases; none of the company’s, entities or technologies digressed in this report are affiliated with or a client of Aptito.

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