Oct
16
Boston ‘loves’ ShopSavvy!
Hiawatha Bray from the Boston Globe writes today, “you’ve got to love ShopSavvy’. Explaining, it “uses the phone’s camera to take a picture of the bar codes on products. It then uses the phone’s data connection to look up the product and search for Internet retailers that may sell it for less. And it uses the phone’s GPS location system to see where you are, and try to find nearby retailers that might offer a lower price.”
Hiawatha correctly points out, “But it’s the software that makes this phone an Android. Google built its wealth and power by developing search software in the open, uncontrolled environment of the Internet, where anybody can create and distribute any kind of software. But most cellphone software is tightly controlled by its creators – companies like Microsoft Corp.” Thanks for the plug Boston!
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