iPhone Quickly Becoming Powerful Sales Tool--Lowe's Just Bought 42,000 Of Them

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Lowe's decision to purchase 42,000 iPhones and to begin using a similar payment system as used in Apple Stores, is important as it is a another step in positioning the iPhone and iPad as powerful business tools that further blur the line between ecommerce and traditional retail.

Like in an Apple Store, checkout will no longer need to take place at a cash register, but rather anywhere on the Lowes sales floor via an iPhone that will process the sale and charge a credit/debit card.

Each Lowes store will receive 25 iPhones to process payments and answer customers’ questions. Lowe’s will also roll out a web app called MyLowe’s that will allow customers to look up wide range of information regarding products and warranties and also plan home improvement projects.

Using mobile devices in this way is not revolutionary and Lowes is simply following other retailers like Home Depot (which gave employees Motorola Inc. handheld devices last year) and Old Navy into the fray.

But it is an extremely important area of growth for Apple going forward and one that some money managers have already identified as a key driver of the stock in 2012 and beyond. 

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Here Are The Most Powerful Covers From The Weeks Following 9/11

  x You have successfully emailed the post. Back in September 2001 people still read print.

Morning papers were still must-reads.

Magazines still mattered.

Jpegs of cover images were not available in advance to be passed around on Twitter.  And how the newsweeklies framed current events often dictated the national mindset on that event.

Shorter version: It was a different world...in many, many ways.  But perhaps none so measurable as the media world.

To wit.  We've collected some of the most powerful magazine and newspaper covers from the weeks following the September 11 attacks.

What is perhaps the most striking about some of these images is how graphic they are.  In the years since 9/11 the media -- not generally known for its self restraint -- has shied away from graphic images of that day.

As a result some of these covers, with their direct images from that day, feel as if they are the visual equivalent of a profanity.

Suffice to say, they remain incredibly jarring.

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