Starbucks rolls out Mobile Order & Pay in Portland, still no Windows Phone app

Summary:Coffee drinkers in Portland can now place a drink and food order on their iPhone, pay, then pick it up all without talking to a single person. Welcome to the future of mobile ordering.

Early this year I wrote that Starbucks planned to reduce time spent interacting with your barista. Starbucks announced the Mobile Order & Pay launched yesterday in Portland, Oregon, for iPhone owners.

Starbucks plans to roll out this service across the country in 2015. The service only works on iPhones now, but Android support is planned as the service launches.

Unfortunately, there is no word on Windows Phone support. Actually, Starbucks still hasn't even launched a standard Starbucks app for the Windows Phone platform, despite the fact that Microsoft and Starbucks are both head-quartered in Washington State. There is a Microsoft Band Starbucks app so it continues to confuse me why there is no official Windows Phone app.

The new Mobile Order & Pay service lets you place a food and/or drink order, including all drink customizations that customers like to make, in the app. You then select a store to pick up your order with approximate wait times and directions to the store appearing on your phone.

Payment is made from your Starbucks card so along with an iPhone you will need to have a valid Starbucks card to use the service in Portland.

Matthew Miller started using a mobile devices in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since. He is a co-host with GigaOM's Kevin Tofel on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and an author of three Wiley Companion series books. Matthew started using mobile devices with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 200 d... Full Bio

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Starbucks rolls out Mobile Order & Pay in Portland, still no Windows Phone app

Summary:Coffee drinkers in Portland can now place a drink and food order on their iPhone, pay, then pick it up all without talking to a single person. Welcome to the future of mobile ordering.

Early this year I wrote that Starbucks planned to reduce time spent interacting with your barista. Starbucks announced the Mobile Order & Pay launched yesterday in Portland, Oregon, for iPhone owners.

Starbucks plans to roll out this service across the country in 2015. The service only works on iPhones now, but Android support is planned as the service launches.

Unfortunately, there is no word on Windows Phone support. Actually, Starbucks still hasn't even launched a standard Starbucks app for the Windows Phone platform, despite the fact that Microsoft and Starbucks are both head-quartered in Washington State. There is a Microsoft Band Starbucks app so it continues to confuse me why there is no official Windows Phone app.

The new Mobile Order & Pay service lets you place a food and/or drink order, including all drink customizations that customers like to make, in the app. You then select a store to pick up your order with approximate wait times and directions to the store appearing on your phone.

Payment is made from your Starbucks card so along with an iPhone you will need to have a valid Starbucks card to use the service in Portland.

Matthew Miller started using a mobile devices in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since. He is a co-host with GigaOM's Kevin Tofel on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and an author of three Wiley Companion series books. Matthew started using mobile devices with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 200 d... Full Bio

zdnet_core.socialButton.googleLabel Follow @@palmsolo Contact Disclosure Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadgeteer at all other times. He purchases his own devices and then sells them on eBay or Swappa to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as “long term loaner units” this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews.

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Starbucks rolls out Mobile Order & Pay in Portland, still no Windows Phone app

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Summary: Coffee drinkers in Portland can now place a drink and food order on their iPhone, pay, then pick it up all without talking to a single person. Welcome to the future of mobile ordering.

By Matthew Miller for Smartphones and Cell Phones | December 4, 2014 -- 15:09 GMT
Early this year I wrote that Starbucks planned to reduce time spent interacting with your barista. Starbucks announced the Mobile Order & Pay launched yesterday in Portland, Oregon, for iPhone owners.
(Image: Starbucks)
Starbucks plans to roll out this service across the country in 2015. The service only works on iPhones now, but Android support is planned as the service launches.
Unfortunately, there is no word on Windows Phone support. Actually, Starbucks still hasn't even launched a standard Starbucks app for the Windows Phone platform, despite the fact that Microsoft and Starbucks are both head-quartered in Washington State. There is a Microsoft Band Starbucks app so it continues to confuse me why there is no official Windows Phone app.
The new Mobile Order & Pay service lets you place a food and/or drink order, including all drink customizations that customers like to make, in the app. You then select a store to pick up your order with approximate wait times and directions to the store appearing on your phone.
Payment is made from your Starbucks card so along with an iPhone you will need to have a valid Starbucks card to use the service in Portland.
Topics: Mobility, iPhone, Smartphones
Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since.
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Brazil's Pele improving, still in intensive care: hospital

SAO PAULO Fri Nov 28, 2014 7:26am EST

Brazilian soccer legend Pele laughs during the inauguration of a refurbished soccer field at the Mineira slum in Rio de Janeiro September 10, 2014.
Credit: Reuters/Ricardo Moraes/Files
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian soccer great Pele "is in better condition" though he remains in an intensive care unit being treated for a urinary tract infection, the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo said on Friday.
Pele, 74, is receiving renal support treatment, which helps kidneys to filter waste products from the blood, after surgery to remove kidney stones earlier this month. He is not on vasoactive drugs or other supportive therapies, the hospital said.
Pele, often called the greatest soccer player in history, has suffered a long list of health problems in the past decade, including emergency eye surgery for a detached retina and a hip replacement.
His manager, Paul Kemsley, said on Thursday he was expected to make a full recovery and that reports of his condition are being "greatly exaggerated."
Known as "the King of soccer" in Brazil, Pele played in four World Cups and helped Brazil win the global tournament three times, the last in Mexico in 1970.
(Reporting by Caroline Stauffer; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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Soccer legend Pelé's health improving, still in intensive care

SAO PAULO Sat Nov 29, 2014 6:19pm EST

Brazilian soccer legend Pele laughs during the inauguration of a refurbished soccer field at the Mineira slum in Rio de Janeiro September 10, 2014.
Credit: Reuters/Ricardo Moraes
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian soccer legend Pelé's health continued to improve on Saturday although he remained in an intensive care unit to allow doctors to monitor a urinary tract infection, the hospital said.
The 74-year-old three-time World Cup champion is receiving renal support treatment to help his kidneys filter waste products from the blood. He underwent surgery earlier this month to remove kidney stones.
According to a statement released by São Paulo's Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Pelé - often called the greatest soccer player in history - is "lucid, talking, and his respiratory and blood readings are stable." A treatment with antibiotics remained unaltered, the statement said.
The renal treatment could be stopped early on Sunday, the hospital said in a separate statement.
Pelé, who was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, has struggled with many health problems over the past decade. He has had emergency eye surgery for a detached retina and a hip replacement.
Known in Brazil as the "King of soccer," he played in four World Cups and scored over 1,000 goals during his career.
(Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal; Editing by Pravin Char and Gunna Dickson)

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McIlroy still upbeat despite mid-round collapse in Sydney

By Nick Mulvenney
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1 of 2. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy tees off from the 12th hole during the first round of the Australian Open golf tournament in Sydney, November 27, 2014.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy suffered a spectacular two-hole meltdown in the third round of the Australian Open on Saturday but he was not quite ready to give up on his title defence after windy conditions kept his rivals in check.
The world number one plummeted down the leaderboard when he dropped a combined five shots at the ninth and 10th holes but even a five-over-par 76 left him just six shots off the pace going into Sunday's final round.
"I need a fast start tomorrow to have a chance," he told reporters. "It depends too on what the guys ahead of me do. I need some help. But the greens have been firmer every day. So a low score is higher than it was.
"I still feel like I can shoot a good one. I just don't know if that will be enough. I'll be trying my best. It's the last round of the season so it would be nice to make it a good one."
McIlroy had stayed among the leaders for his first eight holes, sinking a couple of clutch par putts and rebounding from a bogey at the fourth with a birdie at the next which could have been an eagle had he not lipped out with the putt.
His driving had been erratic, though, and he paid the full price for it at the ninth.
He launched his tee shot into a reedy thicket and his first attempt to extricate the ball left it wedged under some matting, forcing him to take a drop with a two-putt on the green leading to a triple bogey.
At the 10th, he found the woods from the tee, again failed to get back on the fairway with his first effort and coming up short with a 10 foot putt for bogey.
"It was a tough day obviously," he said. "The wind was up. I was doing okay, steady enough, until I got to the ninth. I hit a wayward tee shot into what I thought was a decent enough lie that I could advance the ball.
"But I didn't realise what I was standing on is not like dirt or earth. It was more like carpet. So the ball went underneath the carpet. Had it been a normal surface it would have been alright, but down there it was impossible."
(Editing by John O'Brien)

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