I use Google Wallet whenever I can.
That's exactly the problem. So few retailers around me have the readers at their POS that it's nearly pointless for me to use it.
Unfortunately, until iPhones implement NFC technology, mobile payments wont take off.
I do use GW for paying other people via GW or Gmail pretty regularly, along with using the Venmo app.
Well it is a new idea, and if one retail chain uses it another may use it. All it takes is one retail giant to start using it and then everyone will join in.
Yeah 2-3 years means it is new. Cause it takes a couple years for new companies to incorporate new ideas, especially big corporation, due to the huge amount of fineprinting and stupid stuff stuck in the company.