Hasta La Gadget!

The Apple Store’s dirty little secret? Its employees are using Windows-based PDA handhelds to help you out with your purchases. That may well change this holiday season, however. The company is reportedly transitioning its stores to an “EasyPay” checkout system comprised of an iPod Touch, credit card reader, and barcode scanner.

Apple has apparently already begun the transition–rolling the devices out in its Santa Clara-based Valley Fair Mall location, which, as Apple Insider points out, is the closest store to Cupertino.