Big in Japan

National Public Radio Needs You!

Are you a ShopSavvy user living in the DC area (including MD or VA)?  Would you like to be on NPR?  Yuki Noguchi from NPR wants to do a story about comparison shopping using cell phones.  She wants to follow you as you shop in the capital area.  How about it?  Give ShopSavvy some love? Get your 15 minutes of fame?  Email Yuki Noguchi with your contact info: ynoguchi@npr.org  Thanks!

Posted by amuse | May 28, 2009 - 12:44pm | 1 Comment
Category: ShopSavvy (Android) | Tags: dc, npr

Big in Japan Schedule

The Big in Japan team is splitting duties this week.  Rylan and me (Alex) are in San Francisco at Google IO living the Android dream.  Jason is back in Dallas, but will virtually be in Singapore at the CodeAndroid Meetup (via Skype).  Want to connect with us at Google IO?  Just email or txt amuse@biggu.com or 214.558.1079.

On a side note Scott and Cathy, our PR team, just had a baby boy named Benjamin (6lbs14oz.) check him out on Flickr.  Congrats to Scott and Cathy!!! Welcome Benjamin!

Posted by admin | May 27, 2009 - 2:07pm | No Comments
Category: Big in Japan

AT&T Announces first Android Phone!

The ever popular open source phone platform, Android, will make its way onto AT&T sometime this year.  They plan to offer Android on the HTC Lancaster handset.  Lots of details on Gizmodo.  Here is a picture of the phone:

FYI – some commenters suggest that ShopSavvy won’t work due to AT&Ts decision NOT to include a variable focal length camera.  Not so fast! Our work on project ‘meatloaf’ – i.e. getting ShopSavvy to work on fixed focal length cameras was originally done so that we could offer ShopSavvy on the iPhone.  Thankfully, we can simply port that work back to Android and presto – ShopSavvy will work on AT&T phones! Rock!

Posted by admin | May 25, 2009 - 2:15pm | 6 Comments
Category: Android, ShopSavvy (Android)

Our next application: ecohero

There have been a few leaks about our new application, ecohero.  Figured I would share some of the details with you all:

Posted by amuse | May 22, 2009 - 5:45pm | 2 Comments
Category: Android, Big in Japan, Ecohero, iPhoneDevTeam

New ShopSavvy Release: Rodan v3.5.0

ShopSavvy has really come along way since version 1.0 was released last year.  Our latest release version 3.5.0, code name Rodan, is now available in the market.  Alternatively, you can download it from our website here.  Rodan was designed for you – our users.  Rodan includes:

• Faster barcode scanning
• Faster product searching
• Faster load times
• Faster animations
• Fewer bugs (knock on wood)
• WiFi and GPS setting retention (i.e. we won’t override your settings)
• Notification of whether or not an item is in stock or out of stock
• LOTS more local retailers and items
• Improved batter life
• Improved accuracy for product search
• Improved EU support
• Registration is now optional
• Option to search by title if product is not found
• Google Product Search integration (scan barcode from their mobile website)
• Visit retailers website inside or outside of ShopSavvy
• Additional UI polish

If you find any bugs email support@biggu.com, Thanks for all your support!

Posted by admin | May 21, 2009 - 1:25pm | 5 Comments
Category: ShopSavvy (Android)