Fully agree with you. Some of the apps look great. I bought an iPhone as its the best out there for what I need, but I'd definitely get an Android phone if it proves to be as good. Now I need to find out if there's an app like this for the iPhone. If not, then we should create one!
Re:Android's Final Challenge Winners
by comatose_kid on Friday August 29, 2008 @02:59PM
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How do they get the inventory of nearby, local stores?
I guess one way would be to require the user to type in the price of the object they're reviewing, to seed the database... although that would only work well for a community with a lot of Android cell phones.
Now that I think about it, a database telling which products local people are comparing would be pretty valuable to local stores... They might be willing to trade pricing data for search data? Or a "featured" listing position?
GoCart gets the local prices from the website itself. Several merchants' websites have a "check local inventory" feature where you supply the zip code to get a list of stores. Check out the video at http://www.biggu.com
"GoCart is your shopping cart on-the-go. Users can scan the barcode of any product using their phone’s built-in camera. Once scanned, it will search for all the best prices on the internet and through the inventories of nearby, local stores."