PPCGeeks - [APP] AmazonIt! 1.3 [2010.09.13] barcode price lookup

[APP] AmazonIt! 1.3 [2010.09.13] barcode price lookup

What It Does
AmazonIt! helps you shop. Ever see an item on the shelf that looks interesting, but you wonder
A) if you can find it cheaper online?
B) if it's any good?

That's where AmazonIt! comes in. Using AmazonIt!, you can scan a product's UPC or EAN barcode, and see its Amazon.com price and ratings.
AmazonIt! will also show you if the price of an item has changed since it was last updated.

http://philchuang.com/cs/media/p/1039/download.aspx

How It Works
AmazonIt! uses a converted version of the java library Zxing to detect barcodes. It then uses Amazon's Product Advertising API in order to retrieve product information.

Requirements

Windows Mobile 5 or greater
.NET CF 3.5 or greater
Unlimited Data plan (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

Latest News
Bugfix/new feature release (see changelog below)

Registration
F-R-E-E

History
[2010.09.13] - 1.3 bugfix/feature release
[2010.08.28] - 1.2 bugfix/feature release
[2010.08.23] - 1.11 bugfix/feature release
[2010.08.18] - 1.1 bugfix/feature release
[2010.08.01] - 1.0 initial release

Contact
Official app page
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1.3 Features

Scan, load, or input UPC/EAN barcodes, ISBN, ASIN
Retrieve product info, prices, and ratings from Amazon.com
Launch product link in your mobile browser
Send product information via email

1.3 Notes

Limited feature release (v2.0 will be more robust)
Touch-scrolling isn't great, but it works
Most international Amazon.com sites are now supported (except Japan)
Barcode detection library is substandard but free. I'll try to improve it for v2.0.

To Do List

Support for more barcodes
Faster barcode detection
Manually add an item by searching Amazon.com by keyword
Discover related items
Manually enter a store's price for an item
Automatically determine the best price for an item
Attach pictures to an item
Save the GPS location of an item
Read product reviews
Query other shopping sites/engines

1.3 changelog
Bugfix/new feature release

ENH user can now clear the cached files
ENH user can now load a barcode image (rather than using the camera)
ENH user can now manually check for new versions (instead of waiting a day)

MOD improved item selection behavior
MOD performance optimizations

FIX email sending issues
FIX OutOfMemory exception when loading larger bitmaps

1.2 changelog
Bugfix/new feature release

ENH can now look up products by ASIN (Amazon product id)
ENH can now email info for multiple products
ENH now saves sorting settings and restores on next start

MOD UI tweaks
MOD improved email formatting

FIX items removed while updating no longer reappear
FIX improved amazon update price handling / net code tweaks
FIX handles non-standard amazon average ratings
FIX Update All behavior
FIX ISBN-10 barcode detection

1.11 changelog
Bugfix/new feature release

ENH AmazonIt! now checks for a newer version, asks the user if they want to download it
ENH added tooltips for the buttons for a better user experience

MOD reworded barcode capture hints

FIX malformed product links

1.1 changelog
Bugfix/new feature release

ENH support for international amazon sites
ENH ability to manually input barcodes (if it has trouble decoding pics)

MOD now displays barcode capture hints
MOD user setting to launch mobile/full product links
MOD now deleting captured barcode pics after use
MOD duplicate items prevention
MOD sort bar now resizes on orientation change

FIX ArgumentException on list update
FIX OutOfMemoryException on bitmap decoding
FIX ArgumentNullException when the product link is launched before amazon info has been fetched

1.0 changelog
Initial release