Comments on: Shop Savvy for Android: Defining The Vision

By: ned

ned — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:25:14 +0000

how does shopsavvy compare and contrast with scanbuy?

By: Gita

Gita — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:39:51 +0000

Shopsavvy does not give us any local groceries stores where we found items on sale.

By: maryann hahn

maryann hahn — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:51:37 +0000

will this be avaible for the i phone and when

By: Barcode Scanning With Google Product Search | Android Phone Fans

Barcode Scanning With Google Product Search | Android Phone Fans — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:19:56 +0000

[...] Barcode Scanning applications are already on the Android Market – nod to ShopSavvy – but Google has just added that function to their own stable of services within Google Product [...]

By: Steve Rothermel

Steve Rothermel — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:17:20 +0000

Where do you get brick and morter store pricing to use in this application?

By: Shop Savvy: Now With Local Store Inventory | Android Phone Fans

Shop Savvy: Now With Local Store Inventory | Android Phone Fans — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:22:49 +0000

[...] Before the first Android Phone was released, the Android Developer Challenge gave us a great look at the types of concepts and ideas that Android would make possible. Among the top apps was Shop Savvy, a barcode scanning app that helped you save money, and it become somewhat of an Android Posterboy. And for good reason. [...]

By: ornella

ornella — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:48:01 +0000

Hello, I would like to know that this application uses devices.
thanks!!!!

By: chavey

chavey — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:25:19 +0000

Is there a way to add to the db of known products,it looks like without organic growth thru direct user input
The product has limited usefulness

By: amanda

amanda — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:14:36 +0000

Can the Shop Savvy application be connected to the verizon Samsung instinct?

Thankss.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:57:26 +0000

Will the app be avaliable for AT&T Phone specific 8225?

By: John

John — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:08:37 +0000

Fred, you can download Shop Savvy for free at the android marketplace via a G1 phone.

That being said, I’m not 100% convinced at the applications accuracy or true usefulness. I just scanned a large can of folders coffee, to which I got one price hit. It was Walgreen’s online store for 12.99. A price that is significantly higher than what you could get it at most stores for. I also found it strange that folders, coffee which is available just about everywhere would only return one hit.

While I was at it I also scanned a package of generic plastic silverware by dixie. While I did receive a bunch of online prices, 13, I didn’t get a single offline price return. Again, this seemed strange considering that this same plastic silverware could be found in just about any general convince store you can name.

Maybe I just got unlucky with the two items I picked but so far I am far less impressed with Shop Savvy than I expected to be.

By: Fred Stein

Fred Stein — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:49:09 +0000

Where can I purchase the Shop Savvy application?

Thanks

By: streetstylz

streetstylz — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:24:05 +0000

NeoMedia has a patent that covers this technology

Patent #6,651,053 — Interactive system for investigating products on a network

An interactive search system for use with a global computer network, e.g., the Internet, using a search identifying barcode to rapidly and effectively obtain a supply of related information for presentation to a user. A computer, either landline based or mobile, may be used to input a UPC code, taken from a package or advertisement or prestored in the computer, to an implementing server on the network. The server contains a database of product and manufacturer identifying UPC codes and uses the input UPC code and the database to identify the manufacturer and is programmed to then perform a search of the network to locate sites relating to or operated by the manufacturer. Also, the server may search the network on a product basis to locate other sites containing the UPC under search. Using “parsing” technology, the server “pulls out” the product description, transmits it to and places it in a random access memory (RAM) or storage of the computer, and proceeds to perform further searching relying on the product description to uncover relevant information. Accordingly, using a single input, a collection of product-related and manufacturer information is quickly assembled in the computer available for a user’s consideration all at once at any time.