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Amazon Mobile for iPhone
Amazon Mobile for iPhone
Amazon App for iPhone and iPod Touch. Buy millions of products from the palm of your hand. Amazon App now available in the App Store. Introducing Amazon Remembers
Amazon.com Invades the Apple App Store
bits.blogs.nytimes.com — Amazon's new iPhone app includes an "experimental" feature called Amazon Remembers that is designed to funnel sales from the offline world to the Internet. (more) Amazon.com Invades the Apple App Store
Firefox Pirates Take Over Amazon
Firefox Pirates Take Over Amazon
torrentfreak.com — Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is under attack by online pirates. An addon for the Firefox browser called ‘Pirates of the Amazon’ makes it possible to shop at the Amazon store but leave without paying a dime. Instead, ... (more) Firefox Pirates Take Over Amazon
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Amazon iPhone App makes blowing your unemployment check easier
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... are then uploaded to Amazon and turned over to the far-flung freelance workers in Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program, who will try to match them with products for sale on Amazon.com. The results will not be instantaneous (between 5 minutes and 24 hours, the company says), but the idea is to entice consumers to buy products from Amazon instead of its offline rivals. Update: It is out.(iTunes link) You can start taking pictures of your privates and seeing how much Amazon charges for them! ...

Amazon's iPhone App Remembers So You Don't Have to
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... the work out to humans using its own Mechanical Turk service (the most likely, we reckon) or it could be something as simple as a million monkeys with a million keyboards. But even this could be done via the web. What the app really needs, and what would really annoy store-owners, is a bar code reader for instant price comparison shopping. Sadly, the iPhone's hopeless, fixed-focus camera means that won't be happening anytime soon. Free, US only right now. Amazon App for iPhone and iPod Touch [Amazon] Product page [iTunes] ...

Amazon on iPhone: Death by Camera to Brick-and-Mortar Stores
Mashable! — ... Amazon has released its application for iPhone, and while users will likely appreciate the simple mobile shopping experience, there is one especially noteworthy feature: Amazon Remembers. This option lets you take a picture of an item you see in stores and then upload it to Amazon, who will then try to find and recommend similar items that you can buy online. ...

Amazon iPhone app: Take photos of items then buy them moments later
CrunchGear — ... Spending your fiat money from the comfort of your iPhone is even easier, now that Amazon has released an application (“App”) for Apple’s little wonder. The mundane functions are as you’d expect: you launch the app, then you can browse and buy goods from Amazon just as you would from your computer. ...

Amazon Remembers Forgets Barcode Scanner
Digital Daily — ... , 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 Remembers this morning, I snapped a picture of the Sonos Controller on my desk and, sure enough, about 10 minutes ...

Amazon's New iPhone App Is Magical
GeekSugar — ... I have to admit, I'm an avid Amazon shopper who would rather shop to my heart's content online than deal with the stress of stores and shoppers. Amazon has just announced a new free app that will create visual lists of items that you see while out and about and want to look at later. And if it's a product, Amazon will try to find that exact same item ( ...

Amazon.com Now Has an iPhone App, and It’s Pretty Cool Too
(Obsolete Feed) — ... Basically, the Amazon iPhone app lets you search and browse for products offered by Amazon and its retail partners such as Macy’s and Target. It also lets you access Amazon’s rich shopping features including Customer reviews as well as direct purchase with the use of its 1-Click Shopping and Amazon Prime. ...

Finish Your Holiday Shopping With Amazon Mobile for iPhone [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... , 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. ...

Shop Til You Drop: Amazon App for iPhone
iPhone Atlas — Amazon has announced Amazon app for the iPhone and iPod Touch which was released this week and it is free (iTunes link). The app allows iPhone users to shop for merchandise on Amazon’s popular website. Users can access wish lists, shopping carts, one-click shopping, plus all the customer reviews and ratings that might help buyers make decisions on what to buy, etc. It also introduces a very nice new feature called “Amazon Remembers” which according to their press release: “Amazon Remembers helps customers keep track of ...

iPhone Camera App for Amazon products
iPhoneDemand.com — ... iPhone developers have released an app that will find any product on the Amazon website. All you have to do is take a picture with your iPhone camera, run the picture through the app and it will scour the Amazon website. The Amazon iPhone app will find the closest possible product that relates to your picture. Pretty neat. Check out the app here. ...

Ganadores de internet móvil en los Webby Awards
Celularis — ... Experiencia móvil integrada Webby Award: Distracted Drivers (Clemenger BBDO) People’s Voice: United Nations Voices (The Hyperfactory and Saatchi&Saatchi Sydney) Anuncios y actualizaciones Webby Award: Nagivating Washington - iPhone Application (Qorvis Communications) People’s Voice: Petfinder Aplicaciones móviles Webby Award: Amazon Mobile People’s voice: Skyfire mobile Web browser (VSC ...

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