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