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Scan & Shop Android app combines power of ShopSavvy and CNET product info
December 22, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
Android Apps
CNET has an Android app designed to give shoppers more information about items they want to purchase. Scan & Shop scans barcodes, then returns important information from CNET likely to influence purchase decisions: CNET reviews, user reviews, item specs and general pricing information. The benefit of this app is obvious. CNET is one of the most trusted sources online for product reviews, so being able to get credible reviews of two interesting laptops spotted in OfficeMax can help make the decision easier.
Beyond providing CNET reviews, Scan & Shop also offers price comparisons between online and local retailers. Users can also create wishlists, set price alerts, and share scans via Twitter. There are noticeable similarities between these features — and the overall look of the app — to popular scan app ShopSavvy. That’s because Big In Japan, the Dallas startup that created ShopSavvy, was involved in the production of this app. Yes, CBS Interactive, Inc. is listed as the app publisher, but its package name is com.biggu.shopsmart. Sound familiar?
Scan and Shop is available for free in the Android Market.
"CNET is one of the most trusted sources online for product reviews" uhg.
Really? Their site sucks so hard that I can never stomach reading a review. Whenever I see cnet in my search results, I just skip it. Too many times I have checked a review at Cnet only to find that its a paragraph or two of drivel. Well, if they are so respected I guess that I should give them another chance.
Paul, CNET is just like many other resources, you have to judge it in context. I don't take their word on anything as gospel nor do I take any other site either. Hey, we all have to promote oursleves. We are all told to put our best foot forward on our resume, aren't we? Well, that byline is their way of promoting theirselves so don't be too harsh.
BTW, I have that app and found it before they recommended it. Works pretty well too. I'm not a "trusted source" but just a guy with a Droid checkin out the kule apps you can use on it.
I am using shopsavvy and have found it to be a pretty good app. I don't use it heavily, so I haven't wrung it out, but in casual use its not bad.
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