Aug
22
The top Android sites around the web banded together to create the Android Network Awards. I am pleased to announce ShopSavvy was the winner in the shopping category. Rock! Thanks to all of you who voted for us, we certainly appreciate your support!
Aug
18
Lots of ShopSavvy users twitter their savings (just search Twitter for ShopSavvy). Here are just a few people that do:
Aug
18
[this post has been updated] We have been hearing reports from Vodafone users that ShopSavvy isn’t working over 3G. Strangely we have just as many reports that it IS working on Vodafone 3G. We originally thought it had to do with a proxy that Vodafone was using and we are close to confirming this.
Vodafone has three levels of internet service for their mobile phones (at least for the Android phones). The second tier is called “Vodafone Live! InternetFlat” which costs 4.95 Euros for 3 months, 9.95 Euros from then on (the REAL internet plan is 9.95 Euros for 3 months, 19.95 Euros from then on). It appears that with “Vodafone Live! InternetFlat” you can only visit WAPenabled web pages (of course we are still researching this). This means that since ShopSavvy (and many other applications) is NOT a WAP site it won’t work. We are working on a work around, but for now, if you have “Vodafone Live! InternetFlat” you will just have to use ShopSavvy on WiFi. If we figure out it is something else we will tell you as well.
Aug
14
The new Android phone from Samsung, the i7500, has been out in the wild for a few weeks (evidently secretly). How do I know? I have been getting emails from users complaining that our barcode scanner doesn’t work on the phone. Evidently the inclusion of the LED flash interferes with our focus process preventing ShopSavvy from scanning barcodes with the device. Good news, we will be able to release a new version that fixes the problem. Bad news, we won’t be able to release a new version until AFTER we have an actual i7500 in our hands to test with. Our contacts at Samsung have been strangely silent these past few weeks (I suspect due to the impending launch of the device).
Reports are surfacing that the general public (on O2) will be able to purchase the phone next week. I assume Samsung will be sending us a device soon thereafter so check for updates. In the meantime, i7500 users can always use the manual entry or title search feature on the phone. BTW – the phone looks awesome. Great work Samsung!
Aug
12
Last night I was surprised to hear that Jimmy Fallon from Late Night demonstrated ShopSavvy. Turns out he scanned a book. Rock! The emails have been relentless:
The video is below, check the 12:20 minute mark on last night’s episode: http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/episodes/#vid=1144256
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