Abstract: A connectivity sled for docking and undocking a mobile computer and a payment device, comprises a first adapter plate assembly directly coupled to the payment device, including a configuration that couples to a surface of the payment device is exposes all ports, function keys, and interfaces of the payment device and at least one magnet. The sled further comprising a second adapter plate assembly directly coupled to the mobile computer, including a first portion that couples to a top surface of the mobile computer device, and at least one magnet that magnetically couples to the at least one magnet of the first adapter plate assembly.

Abstract: A connectivity sled for docking and undocking a mobile computer and a payment device, comprises a first adapter plate assembly directly coupled to the payment device, including a configuration that couples to a surface of the payment device is exposes all ports, function keys, and interfaces of the payment device and at least one magnet. The sled further comprising a second adapter plate assembly directly coupled to the mobile computer, including a first portion that couples to a top surface of the mobile computer device, and at least one magnet that magnetically couples to the at least one magnet of the first adapter plate assembly.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates translating an Application Programming Interface (API) call for a first programming language into a comparable API call for a second programming language. The system operates by performing a lookup for the API call in a translation library to identify a comparable API call in the second programming language. The system then translates the API call into the comparable API call.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates translating a first programming language file to form a second programming language file. During operation, the system receives the first programming language file. Next, the system translates structural elements in the first programming language file into the programming language of the second programming language file. Finally, the system saves the translated structural elements in the second programming language file.

Abstract: A method and system for handling access to media content that is requested by a wireless device is provided. The method includes accessing, through a wireless device, a media provider over a wireless network. Then, the method includes selecting a first screen of the media provider. The first screen identifying a first storefront that defines a first type of media and associated selections of that first type of media. The method further includes downloading a first of the associated selections of that first type of media to a local buffer of the wireless device. The downloading is triggered automatically when the first screen is selected, and the first of the associated selections is displayed as available for sampling while a remainder of the associated selections continue to download to the local buffer. And, the remainder of the associated selections continue to download only while the first screen is selected.