Blue Bamboo Launches Pocket POS® at WES 2008

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Bamboo, an innovative provider of electronic payment solutions, announces at WES 2008 that it has released its PABP validated Pocket POS^® Mobile Merchant Solution for the BlackBerry^® Pearl and Curve smartphones. Pocket POS^® Mobile Merchant Solutions are available on North American carriers that support BlackBerry^® agnostic devices and can easily be integrated to a merchant’s payment gateway, bank or payment processor of choice.

“We expect to have a version of Pocket POS® for the new BlackBerry® Bold in the near future.”

Trent Peterson, Vice President of Blue Bamboo, stated: “Our Pocket POS^® application suite has been extended to support the Pearl and Curve, which allows merchants to be interested in these popular mobile devices to leverage their investment and better serve their customers by accepting payment cards and processing point of sale transactions wherever they do business.” He further said: “We expect to have a version of Pocket POS^® for the new BlackBerry^® Bold in the near future.”

The Blue Bamboo Pocket POS^® Mobile Merchant Solution is a complete hardware and software based system, designed to enable merchants by using a cellular phone, BlackBerry, PDA, or laptop to quickly accept payment cards anytime and anywhere business takes place on both GPRS and CDMA networks. The solution includes a secure wireless payment application to process transactions, and card data is captured and receipts printed on Blue Bamboo devices including the P25-M Portable Receipt Printer and H50 Bluetooth Terminal. The solution can be shipped with a compliant handset for a complete out of box mobile payment experience.

About Blue Bamboo

Blue Bamboo designs and markets feature-rich and exceptionally affordable products for the POS terminal and peripherals industry. Blue Bamboo's robust electronic payment technology delivers scalable, customer-centric wireless and retail payment solutions which meet PCI and EMV standards all in a secure, reliable and versatile design. Visit www.bluebamboo.com or email [e-mail].