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News: Amazon Mobile iPhone app lets users search via photo
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image Amazon.com has released its new Amazon Mobile application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new application allows users to search and browse products offered by both Amazon and various third-party partners, access Customer Reviews, and make purchases using 1-Click Shopping. In addition, the app offers an experimental feature called “Amazon Remembers.” Users may snap a picture of an item using the iPhone’s camera, and then upload it to Amazon, which then tries to find products similar to the ones in the photos. When the user receives the results, they may purchase the item immediately, or “remember” it for later reference in his/her Amazon account. Amazon ...
Amazon's iPhone App Remembers So You Don't Have to
Wired: Gadget Lab —
At first look, Amazon's new home-grown iPhone application, called Amazon Mobile, is almost pointless. To work, it needs an internet connection, and Amazon's own iPhone-optimized website works so well that you wonder why anyone bothered with an actual app.
Amazon Mobile lets you browse and buy from your phone, but there's a twist which might make this worthwhile. You can use the iPhone's camera to snap a picture of anything you may want to buy. This feature is called "Amazon Remembers", and that's just what it does. The photo is saved on your iPhone, but also on Amazon's servers so you can access it from any browser. ...
Amazon On The iPhone: Too Slow (AMZN)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Now Amazon (AMZN) is getting in the iPhone-product-identification game: The new "Amazon Mobile" app lets you take pictures of products, and Amazon tasks low-wage workers (via the ...
Amazon iPhone app released
The Apple Core —
December 3rd, 2008 Amazon iPhone app released Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 8:47 am Categories: iPhone , App Store , iPod touch Tags: Apple iPhone , Amazon.com Inc. , Advertising & Promotion , Marketing , Jason D. O'Grady Amazon iPhone app released Amazon.com today released Amazon Mobile ( iTunes ) a free application for iPhone via the App Store. The world’s largest e-commerce Web site was previously available as a Web application ( m.amazon.com ) but it lacked the sophistication of Amazon Mobile. The new iPhone app features the ability to search, compare prices, read ...
Amazon Remembers Forgets Barcode Scanner
Digital Daily —
There’s a new beachbead in Amazon’s (AMZN) campaign to commandeer sales from competing retailers: Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone. This morning the retailer uncrated Amazon Mobile, an iPhone/iPod Touch application that allows users to browse its wares and those of associated retailers like Target and Macy’s as well. The app supports Amazon’s standard features — customer reviews, “1-Click Shopping” and whatnot — as well as an intriguing new one. Called “Amazon Remembers,” it allows users to search for products they’d like to purchase by photographing real-world products. Testing Amazon ...
First Look: Amazon.com app for iPhone/iPod touch
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Retail, iPhone, App Store, iPod touchToday, the online retailer Amazon.com launched its first iPhone/iPod touch application. Previously, Amazon offered a version of its site that was optimized for MobileSafari. Amazon has added some pretty nifty features in the iPhone application that could make shopping online a lot easier. When you first launch the application, you are presented with your wish list, and the phrase "Get Yourself a Little Something." From this home tab, you can also see your signed-in username. When you tap the search tab, you are able to type in a search string just as you can on the ...
Amazon launches an iPhone app, uh where was this on Black Friday?
VentureBeat —
Amazon makes a killing during the holidays. It’s obvious why: They have nearly everything you could want to buy or get someone as a present, and you can get it without have to step foot in an insanely crowded retail store. And starting today, it’s a little easier to do that online shopping, thanks to Amazon’s new iPhone application.
Called Amazon.com, the free app lets you browse Amazon (and it’s over 9,000 merchants) for what you want to buy just as you would on the website. But the app is much slicker than simply a port of the Amazon browsing experience. As you might expect, the product pages are tailored for the iPhone. ...
Amazon Mobile iPhone App Released
Ubergizmo —
Released just in time for the holiday season, the Amazon iPhone application lets you "keep track" of stuff want to buy, and shop on the go. The implementation is a bit surprising: users are asked to send a photo of objects that they might want to buy. The images are sent to Amazon's data center for recognition and ...
Amazon iPhone App: Everything But the MP3s
Cult of Mac —
The Amazon Mobile app could get you out of a few ...
Finish Your Holiday Shopping With Amazon Mobile for iPhone [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
Just in time for last minute Christmas shopping, Amazon.com has released their mobile app for the iPhone and iPod touch. It offers searching, Wish List and account access, and purchasing directly from the app. If you’re already an impulsive internet shopper, then this may just be your worst nightmare. If you dread the mall and don’t have time to spend hours finding the right gift at your computer, than it could be your new best friend.
Amazon isn’t just porting their website’s functionality to the iPhone platform, either, although all of the central features of the site are there. They’ve wisely taken ...
Appiphilia: Amazon remembers and Target takes aim at your gifting needs
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
It seems that retailers are not only trying to get in our wallets, they're trying to find their way there through our phones. Online seller Amazon.com and traditional store Target recently released apps for the iPhone. So let's take a look at clicks (Amazon.com) versus bricks (Target).
Amazon.com (Free) ...
The Savvy Shopper's Guide to This Year's Online Deal Finders [Online Shopping]
Lifehacker —
... ) finds items that look like another based on an image. Upload a photo of those snazzy and expensive shoes and Like.com will send you an email of similar, discounted results. Amazon Mobile for the iPhone ( ...
Amazon Releases its iPhone App - Amazon Mobile just in time for the Holiday Season
iPhone Hacks —
Users can use Amazon Mobile to quickly browse or search for products, access product related information, read customer reviews and purchase products using Amazon's trademark 1-click shopping directly on their iPhone. The iPhone app's user interface is very clean and easy to use. The application is also quite responsive. When you do a product search, you get the results within two to three seconds. And, unlike its mobile website, your shopping cart is always accessible through the navigation menu at bottom. Amazon's iPhone App - Amazon Mobile Amazon's iPhone App - Amazon Mobile If you are an Amazon customer, you will also have full access to the wish lists, payment ...
My ten favorite iPhone apps of 2008
VentureBeat —
Now, before I write anything else, let me just say that these are my ten favorite iPhone applications of 2008 and not necessarily what I think are the ten best iPhone apps — because really, there are so many diverse apps, how can one judge which is the best of them?
Also, this lists includes no iPhone games because that category has become so robust that I’m going to make another list just for that.
My initial list of ones I would consider included 25 apps, but I narrowed it down to the 10 apps that I use regularly, some multiple times a day. It’s interesting that almost all of them are free — I have a ...
20 Great Apps For Your New iPhone Or iPod Touch (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Amazon, free: Great way to make sure those after-Christmas sales are actually a good deal. Check the in-store price against the Amazon price. ...
Amazon Remembers, a brilliant iPhone companion
The Apple Core —
December 31st, 2008 Amazon Remembers, a brilliant iPhone companion Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:17 am Categories: Retail , iPhone , App Store , iPod touch Tags: Apple iPhone , Amazon.com Inc. , Amazon Remembers , E-mail , Engineering , Online Communications , Jason D. O'Grady Amazon Remembers, a brilliant iPhone companion One of the interesting aspects of the Amazon Mobile app ( iTunes , free) that I reviewed on 03 December 2008 is its experimental Amazon Remembers feature. Amazon Remembers allows you to take a picture of an item with the iPhone ...
Hey Companies, Where Are Your iPhone Apps?
ReadWriteWeb —
A funny thing happened on the way to the airport. I searched through the iTunes App Store on my iPhone for a Southwest app that allowed for flight check-ins, only to find that it didn't exist. I don't know why I expected it to be there, but I did. Southwest is one of those companies that seems so "with it" when it comes to this digital age we live in. They have a blog, a Twitter account, a Facebook page, a flickr account, and a YouTube channel. So why no iPhone app?
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It was so surprising to me that there was no Southwest iPhone app, that I initially didn't even believe it. I ...
iPhone Smackdown: Mobile Websites vs. Apps
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
Remember back in January 2007 when Steve Jobs tried to use the RDF to persuade us that Web apps on the iPhone were just as good as real apps running on the phone's OS? Man, that seems like forever ago. Now, here we are, almost two years and 15,000 apps later. And, boy, do we have choices when it comes to doing cool stuff with our iPhones. To save you time and give you the 101st reason to be glad you own an iPhone, we tested nine different iPhone-optimized websites and their corresponding iPhone apps to see which is faster, better, and more full-featured. The nine we tested are Facebook, Amazon, eBay, The New York Times, Google, Flickr, Weather.com, Zagat, OpenTable, and ...
Barnes & Noble Hits the iPhone
AppScout —
Take that Amazon: brick-and-mortar bookstore behemoth Barnes & Noble has just reached the iPhone with an app that lets you shop for books, DVDs, video games, and more. Called B&N Bookstore, the app is free and it offers more that just shopping. The best feature is the camera search: snap a picture of any book and the app will show it to you on Barnes & Noble, giving you reviews, customer rating, and the store price. You can even reserve it at a local store. Other features include a discovery section that helps you find new titles, a directory of physical stores, and a list of upcoming events. All in all, it ...
14 Useful iPhone Applications For Women
iSmashPhone - Turn your Phone into your MyPhone —
Have you ever wondered why women may appear stressed? Women have to juggle many obligations and ensure everything runs smoothly. From their careers to raising children, taking care of the family and household, to caring for themselves and their health.
In addition to having some fun ...
FinalPrice shopping app released
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Software, iPhone, iPod touch, App ReviewFor those of you who still frequent brick and mortar stores, Jimmi Rehman has released the new FinalPrice 1.0 shopping app for the iPhone/iPod Touch at 99 cents. It requires 3.0 software to run. This app is a useful one-trick-pony. If you find a sale, the idea is to have your iPhone figure out how much something will cost after the item is discounted and after adding your local tax. The calculations are solid but I had some trouble with the interface. Tapping the info button didn't work well at first. I had to tap it a number of times using various amounts of ...
Corporate Branding Races to iPhone Apps: Winners and Losers
iSmashPhone - Turn your Phone into your MyPhone —
iPhone apps, probably the most popular thing to be used since the color TV. We have seen companies of all sizes put together some really cool concepts for iPhone apps, but are they meeting the very high expectations from users? Regardless of the cost, even if it is free, we expect these applications to run fast and without a ...
