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Starbucks BlackBerry / iPhone App For Payment: Tested

Tina Chubb — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:01:58 +0000

Back in October of last year we brought our readers more details on the “Starbucks Mobile Payments” app, which allows users to pay for their Starbucks coffee with their smartphones. At that time, the system was only available in selected stores across the U.S.

However, a recent press release over on the news.starbucks.com website has announced that the “Starbucks Mobile Payments” system is now available in all U.S. company-operated stores. The app also enables users to manage their card account, check their balance and even check their rewards status.

All you have to do to experience the mobile payment system is download the free Starbucks Card Mobile App onto your selected BlackBerry smartphone or Apple iPhone. You can read how to download the app for your iPhone here, and how to get it for your BlackBerry smartphone here.

Aaron McPherson from pcworld.com got to experience the Starbucks Card Mobile App for himself recently. One thing Aaron noted was the fact that the app doesn’t just work on its own. Customers do have to buy a Starbucks card first, in order to enter the card number and PIN into the app.

You can read more of the hands-on review here. There is also a video available below this post. Have you used the Starbucks Mobile Payments system yet?

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Starbucks Mobile Payments: Trade Your Card For An App

Peter Chubb — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:52:28 +0000

There is no denying how versatile our smartphones are, and the “Starbucks Mobile Payments” system is a fine example of that. It seems that there is no limit to what you can do with your cell phone while on the move. This system has been in place for a while now, but has now been extended to over 300 stores in New York.

The app, which is currently available for the Apple iPhone and RIM BlackBerry -no word on Nokia or Microsoft – allows you to do away with your Starbucks card and use the app to add points to their account.

There are those who would like to know why the Starbucks Card is no longer good enough? Bryce Westervelt from Gather reports that using an app will allow customers to check their online account with the coffee shop and view their balance and reward points.

Other stores also have something similar, Tesco in the UK allows customers to use their iPhone to add reward points to their account; this is done by scanning a barcode that is displayed on the phones screen.

Do you think that the day of the store reward card has had its day?

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Starbucks Sued For Hot Tea: Customer Suffers Second Degree Burns

Jamie Pert — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:40:03 +0000

We all know how painful it can be when you take a sip of your tea or coffee when it is too hot, however one recent Starbucks customer recently suffered second-degree burns thanks to a Starbucks tea which was unreasonably hot.

Quotes from the report suggest that the plaintiff suffered “great physical pain and mental anguish” after purchasing a cup of tea from Starbucks, details are scarce. I’m guessing the plaintiff suffered the burn on her hands, however this is unconfirmed.

The plaintiff stated that the tea was “unreasonably hot” and served “in containers which were not safe”, as you can imagine the press are predicting a large payout for the plaintiff.

Back in 1994 McDonald’s Corp were ordered to pay $2.86 million to Stella Liebeck, this was because Stella scalded herself with the restaurant’s coffee.