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"Apple has released a new version (4.2) of its Apple Store app, and it's now available for download from the App Store. \nThe update brings two important features: Personal Pickup and EasyPay. The former lets you buy something in the app and pick up your order at any Apple Retail Store. The feature is only available in the U.S. and Apple claims \"most in-stock orders are available for pickup within an hour.\"\nEasyPay makes your in-store purchases simpler by letting you scan the barcode of a product and complete the transaction in the app. It sounds like the future of shopping: you enter a store, select a gadget, pay with your phone, and walk away. But the feature has several limitations, and some of its aspects are unclear. \nFirst of all, due to the limitations of the older iPhone models' cameras, the feature only works on iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. Secondly, it can only be done with \"select accessories.\"\nMost importantly, we'd like to know whether the feature will require any sort of assistance \u2014 receiving a printed receipt, for example \u2014 from Apple personnel. If the answer is yes, it defeats the purpose, and if the answer is no, it might make protection from theft a bit more challenging for Apple, with people simply walking out the store with a bunch of gadgets, without talking to an Apple employee first. We've asked Apple about the specifics involving EasyPay and are waiting for their answer. \nThe app also lets you track current and previous orders, and brings support for Canada and China. \nThe app requires iOS 4.2 or higher. Unfortunately for iPad owners, Apple Store is still not optimized for that device, meaning it will work as an up-scaled version of the iPhone app."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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