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It makes a whole lot more sense from a testing and EMF perspective. A connector is generally much more predictable than wireless- and the user interface is a lo
by xemdetia 10y ago
It makes a whole lot more sense from a testing and EMF perspective. A connector is generally much more predictable than wireless- and the user interface is a lot easier to understand and troubleshoot by an everyday person. Getting bluetooth to pair or setting a phone into a hotspot and then joining the device to the wifi network would be a support call nightmare.
I think it makes infinitely more sense to give you something you plug in. Attackers can't hijack the signal in interesting ways, and nearly anyone who would use a Square device would be familiar with how to plug things into a 3.5mm jack.
- mschuster91 10y ago> Getting bluetooth to pair or setting a phone into a hotspot and then joining the device to the wifi network would be a support call nightmare. People are used to pair Bluetooth devices these days - cars, wireless headphones, keyboards, mice... it's incredibly easy. As for Wifi setup, Edimax does something really clever in their Wifi smart plugs - upon first powerup, the device creates an AP. The phone app connects to this IP, transmits the Wifi connection details and then disconnects.