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Developer of ShopSavvy, Big in Japan, has acquired a similar service called Snappr, which happened to be one of the first mobile barcode scanning apps out there. Similarly, ShopSavvy was one oaf the first Android apps available at launch, although since then many developers, including Google themselves and Microsoft, have got into the game.
If you haven’t checked it out, ShopSavvy allows you to scan barcodes using your phone’s camera for access to product information, reviews, wishlist creation, and price change alerts, all while maintaining a history of scanned items. BiJ recently incorporated QR codes in ShopSavvy for Android (though not iPhone just yet), opening up even more options for getting stuff like contact information and launching websites on your phone.
If nothing else, the Snappr crew will be able to provide some added manpower behind ShopSavvy, and at best, they’ll be able to significantly improve ShopSavvy’s QR barcode scanning and help it swing at some of the other big names that have swooped into the Android Market. Download links to both versions are below, and for those so inclined, a Symbian version is coming soon.
[via Big in Japan Blog]
- ShopSavvy for Android (Free) [Android Market Link]
- ShopSavvy for iPhone (Free) [iTunes App Store Link]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
