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GiftCertificates.com is joining the iPhone wave with the launch of the free GiftCards application. Their unique pitch? Allow users to select, personalize, and purchase gift cards without the need to go to an outside website.
Developed in partnership with by Trillusion Media, the GiftCards app features all GiftCertificates.com’s categories such as clothing, department stores, electronics, entertainment, health and beauty, home, kids and toys, jewelry, restaurants, shoes & accessories, specialty, sports, and travel — as well as “browse by brand” categorization.
Both physical and e-Gift cards can be purchased from the app, and each one can be personalized using contacts from the address book. The GiftCards application also utilizes the built-in GPS receiver of the iPhone 3G to show the nearest location of a vendor’s store.
Commenting on the announcement, the company’s CEO Gary Krow said: “By making it easier for our customers to access the GiftCertificates.com marketplace, the GiftCards application enhances our customers’ online shopping experience and positions us to better serve them in the mobile future.”
Interested? You should be – the holiday shopping season is well under way. Here’s the link to AppStore.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
