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Customizable software platform available for pro iPad kiosk deployers

July 10, 2012

Kiosk Group has launched a customizable software platform for professional iPad kiosk deployers. Its Kiosk Pro Enterprise platform offers many features not found in the iTunes App Store versions, including support for typical kiosk hardware, according to a company press release.

Kiosk Pro is a series of kiosk-mode apps that display a deployer's HTML and JavaScript code and add professional kiosk functions, such as returning to the Home Screen after a user has left the kiosk, limiting user navigation to approved domains and disabling zoom and pinch mode if desired. Kiosk Pro content can run from the Internet or can run from files stored on the iPad.

Visual enhancements to the platform include:

• Custom branding of Kiosk Pro with app name, home screen icon and splash screen
• Variable-sized, customized navigation bar

Functional enhancements include:

• Allowing users to access your custom print button and bypass the standard iOS print dialog
• JavaScript control of Bluetooth bar code readers and the on-screen keyboard so that both can be accessed
• Support for IDTech's iMag Pro and Unimag II magnetic stripe readers. Credit card data is returned through a custom JavaScript function.
• Camera availability for pictures and video while the Internet is connected
• Support for true sleep mode at scheduled times to reduce power usage
• Support for Star-Micronics thermal printers with both text and graphics
• iPad kiosk theft detection

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