Earlier this week Nielsen released a study that found just about a third of smartphone users turn to their device for shopping-related activities. The study, conducted during the third quarter of 2011, gives a good picture of how we’re using smartphones in stores. One thing the study highlights is that while not everyone is using their phone in this way, many more would like to. Below I’ve combined Nielsen’s results with a primer on how you can get in on the trend of being a savvy shopper with your iPhone specifically using apps that are available in Apple’s Apple Store. Nielsen found that 38 percent of survey respondents use their smartphone for comparison shopping while in a physical store. This is encouraged by online retailers, and last holiday season Amazon gave a 5 percent discount on certain products to users who scanned retail items using the Amazon app. Big box stores like Target are Read More

Earlier this week Nielsen released a study that found just about a third of smartphone users turn to their device for shopping-related activities. The study, conducted during the third quarter of 2011, gives a good picture of how we’re using smartphones in stores. One thing the study highlights is that while not everyone is using their phone in this way, many more would like to. Below I’ve combined Nielsen’s results with a primer on how you can get in on the trend of being a savvy shopper with your iPhone specifically using apps that are available in Apple’s Apple Store. Nielsen found that 38 percent of survey respondents use their smartphone for comparison shopping while in a physical store. This is encouraged by online retailers, and last holiday season Amazon gave a 5 percent discount on certain products to users who scanned retail items using the Amazon app. Big box stores like Target are Read More

Jeff Scott of 148 Apps has announced the winners for the Best App Ever for 2011, and you can review at the official site right now. Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick was the overall winner in the iOS devision (which is a great app, but probably also benefited from actually promoting the Best App Ever vote inside the app itself). There are several other winners across various categories like Most Innovative (Codea), Most Useful (Amazon Mobile) and Best Time Killer (Tiny Wings). Scott tells us that 148 Apps received a record 1.5 million votes this year, which is three times the total of last year's choices. Before voting began, there were 287,643 nominations across 7,243 apps. This year also featured Android winners in many categories, but Scott says that iOS topped the Android votes by a factor of 10:1. The Best App Ever awards are always an excellent check of what's available Read More

Welcome to our weekly installment of Picks of the Week at iSource where we provide our expanded coverage of Apple accessories and applications Here we will promote our favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV related items, as well as bring you occasional tips and tricks. Hopefully many of our favorite items will also be of interest to you. Please feel free to comment on our selections, and suggest picks of your own. Check out this week’s picks after the break. Amazon Mobile  [v1.8.0] Picked by: Jay This week is a “see one, get one free” for my Pick! With the state of the American economy in such fluctuation, I am always seeking the best prices for things I need and want. Over the holiday shopping season Amazon has two apps that have become my pocket saviors while shopping. By having direct access to my Amazon.com account, the online site becomes a Read More

Today’s consumer culture faces constant temptation and visual stimulation. Therefore, it’s important to stay efficient and savvy when it comes to shopping. Whether you’re looking for the best deal or want a better way to organize your grocery lists, these iPhone apps aim to make your purchasing life easier. Triggered by voice activation, barcode scan or snapshot, the apps make finding the best deals around town incredibly simple. Best of all? They’re all free! Read More

Are you looking for apps for Cyber Monday? Then, according to InMobi, you’re one of the 21 million people who plan to use mobile devices to make holiday purchases. These iPhone and iPad apps make it possible to research deals and make purchases more quickly than a barista can make your custom coffee drink. We checked out ten iPhone apps to consider for your Cyber Monday festivities. Be sure to also check out our coverage of the Top 10 iPhone apps for Black Friday. Price: Free If you want the best deals on Cyber Monday, then the TGI Cyber Monday iPhone and iPad app should be your first download. It lists online shopping specials that are easily searched, shared, and accessed. It is a well designed and easily maneuvered app, as you navigate from icons at the bottom of the screen. You will appreciate how easy it is to search for Read More

With two iPad apps, a tablet-optimized site, and the KindleFire tablet, Amazon is positioning its tablet experience around pure media consumption. Tablet owners are already shopping more on Amazon than other sites around the web, according to the Moxery Tablet Commerce Guide. Will that those numbers increase once the Kindle Fire tablet gets into the hands of U.S. Internet users later this week? In September 2011, nearly half of tablet owners made purchased on their devices. Currently, 12% of Internet users in the U.S. own a tablet. To push media consumption even further, on November 10 Amazon boosted its KindleFire sales to 5 million. Will Amazon come out as the top retailer in the tablet commerce space? Let us know what you think in the comments. Read More

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By Leanna Lofte, Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 | Every week a few of us from team TiPb will bring you our current favorite, most fun and useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they’re iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch related, they’re fair game. To see what we picked, and to tell us your pick, follow on after the break! I love Amazon. I visit the site multiple times a day, whether to order things for my home or the office, or just to browse and do some product research. I’m also an Amazon Prime member, which only fuels my compulsion even more, allowing for free 2-day shipping of almost anything. As a fully-grown child with instant gratification issues when it comes to purchases, Prime can’t be beat. But mostly, I like being able to Read More

If you are or have ever been a college student, then you probably know that textbooks are the biggest racket going, and can represent a huge chunk of your budget each semester. That’s why Amazon’s latest iPhone app is so smart; Amazon Student offers to alleviate some of the strain on students’ wallets when it comes to textbooks, so that the money can be better spent elsewhere, like making deposits for kegs or buying a new Mac for school. Even though the app lets you quickly and easily scan barcodes to hunt for better deals on Amazon than might be available from your school bookstore, really, there’s little here that’s necessarily student-specific, besides graphics. In fact, if you’ve used the Amazon Mobile app for iOS, then you’ll probably feel a slight sense of déja vu. As mentioned, both let you can scan barcodes using your device’s camera, as well as search the Amazon.com Read More

There are many people right now who received an iPhone or iPod Touch for Christmas this year. Many of them may or may not yet know their way around iOS, the operating system that those iDevices run on. Most essential, to begin with, are the Apps. You’ve all heard the old catchphrase “There’s an App for that.” Well, that’s because there often is. Let’s take a look at some the essential free iPhone Apps (or iPad and iPod Touch). Please note that the App descriptions are as they appear on the  App Store: AOL Radio powered by CBS Radio features over 350+ free stations spanning dozens of music genres, including pop, urban, country, indie, jazz, oldies and rock. Also choose from over 150+ popular terrestrial stations across the United States from CBS Radio including The World Famous KROQ, WXRT, 1010 WINS AM, The Fan, 92.3 Now FM and more. Now with Read More

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Want to donate to a non-profit? There's no app for that. You'll have to go to a website and fill out the information there. This has led to some wailing and gnashing of teeth from non-profits who know that if they could reduce the "friction," more people would donate. It's the same reason that Amazon has an iPhone and iPad app plus another app especially designed just for the iPad, rather than requiring you to use their website: the easier it is for you to spend your money, the more are to do so. So far the only app that was able to do this, for a time, was PayPal, but Apple eventually required that they remove that feature according to a recent New York Times article. Some have speculated that Apple may want to take their usual 30 percent cut, but realize that would be a bad PR move. That Read More

“Price Check” is Amazon’s latest attempt at getting in your pocket. This shopping app lets you compare prices of products on Amazon.com. Amazon already has their popular Amazon Mobile app in the App Store, but they apparently thought that a more focused shopping app would be a welcomed addition to their mobile offerings. Price Check allows you to instantly check the price of something with a variety of search options… You can scan barcodes like RedLaser, snap a picture like Google Goggles, or speak your search query like Dragon Search. Price Check works well with your Amazon account for managing your cart, making purchases, and seeing your Amazon search history for quick reference. I think that Amazon released this app at the start of this particular week for a reason. Price Check is the perfect app for any shopper that’s planning on navigating the storm that is Black Friday. I’ve played Read More

The holiday season is almost upon us, so there's never been a better time to arm your pocket pal with price comparison tools, to prepare yourself for that moment when you must step forth into the cold night air, battle the hordes, and attempt to find presents for your nearest and dearest. In that vein, eBay has just let fly an update for its iPhone app, which now includes barcode scanning courtesy of RedLaser integration, allowing you to search eBay on-the-go with a single "blip." Version 2.0 also brings with it integrated selling tools for the US, Germany and the UK, saved searches with automated alerts, improved keyword searching, and a new "Reminders" feature to "stay on top of your eBay activity." So make sure you're armed and ready before you head out on your shopping rampage and download eBay Mobile 2.0 [iTunes], and grab the Amazon Mobile app [iTunes] and Read More

Even when they catch you inside of an actual store instead of their homepage, Amazon has a way to discourage your non-Amazon purchases with their updated iPhone application, which now features barcode scanning. Much like the other barcode scanners available in the App Store, the Amazon Mobile app turns your iPhone’s camera into a barcode scanner.  Simply open up the app, tap on search and then scan barcode, and then hover your iPhone over your desired item so that the barcode is centered between the markers on the screen. Amazon then, as per usual, takes care of the rest by showing you the price of that same item in their virtual store.  Users can then proceed to purchase the item right from the app just like they would after a regular search. Amazon Mobile is available as a free download.  In order to utilize this new feature, you’ll need to run Read More

Posted 10/13/2010 at 4:56am | by J.R. Bookwalter Amazon released a pair of updates Tuesday to their popular universal iOS apps -- the Kindle app now lets you view pages two-up in landscape on the iPad, while the Amazon Mobile app makes price matching even easier by incorporating barcode scanning. Amazon.com has been busy refreshing their iOS apps this week, and the results are now ready for all to download. First up is a 2.3.1 update to the Kindle e-book reader app, which now offers the ability to change the column display while in landscape mode. “Choose between one and two column view in landscape on the iPad,” Amazon’s update notes reveal. “To change the column display, tap the screen to activate reading controls and tap the ‘Aa’ button to open View Options.” iOS users who frequently shop Amazon.com will also be happy to hear the company has refreshed their Amazon Read More

by Samuel Gibbs on October 13, 2010 at 09:00 AM FILED UNDER: iOS, Amazon's iOS app got an update today, which brings barcode scanning to the already impressive Amazon Remembers photo matching service for iPhone 4 and 3GS. Now, no matter which shop you're in, you can quickly and easily find out how much it costs on Amazon, and even buy it, with a quick barcode scan. If you ever shop on Amazon or want to do a bit of price comparison (and who doesn't these days), the free Amazon Mobile app is a must. Simple, effective, and useful - if only app update was this good. Amazon Mobile [iTunes] - Free Read More

Earlier today, Keith reported that Delicious Library developer Wil Shipley had barcode scanning on his radar as a future iteration for the late, lamented iPhone version of the popular catalog app. Lo and behold, within a few hours the newest update to the Amazon Mobile app hit the store -- featuring, you guessed it, barcode scanning. With the new 1.2.8 version of the free app, and an iPhone 4 or 3GS running iOS 4.x, you can quickly scan a product barcode to search Amazon's catalog for matching items. The scanning screen offers a handy bracketing guide to show you where to position your product, and once you get the hang of it the scanning is very quick. I tested the barcode scan on three products I had lying about -- a Griffin Motif case for the iPhone 4, a Flip Mino box, and a James Patterson novel -- and the app Read More

Posted 10/04/2010 at 12:36pm | by Andrew Hayward Each new iPhone has offered fresh and fantastical ways to improve your daily life, but the epic tag-team of the iPhone 4 and iOS 4 deliver the greatest set of tools and features to date. With the introduction of FaceTime video calls, multitasking, and the high resolution Retina display, the iPhone 4 has moved even further away from being just a powerful phone and web-surfing device. Now more than ever, the iPhone is a true lifestyle-enhancing accessory. Between the built-in features and the hundreds of thousands of options in the App Store, not to mention a few key accessories, the iPhone 4 can be figuratively formed and changed to fit your daily needs, whether you’re planning your daily commute, knocking out items on your to-do list, or simply looking to try a new restaurant. With this wide-ranging versatility in mind, we’ve come up Read More

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Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are ten new or updated apps for the iPhone and iPad worth taking a closer look at if you are: A 3D action shooter from Gameloft, where an infection is turning the inhabitants of a town into zombies and it’s your job to blow them to pieces!  There are 12 levels, two characters, plenty of weapons and great graphics.  $6.99/£3.99. Another in the seemingly never-ending range of TapTap games, this time dedicated to Grunge rockers Nirvana.  There are 13 songs featured in the game, plus Bluetooth battles and the usual adjustable difficulty level.  $4.99/£2.99. A movie quiz game which promises around 5000 questions and hours of gameplay, if you’re good that is!  In addition to the expected single player mode, there are two further modes, turn based and head to head, plus a global high score table.  $0.99/£0.59. Minimise the amount of steps needed Read More

If your actual iPad purchase hasn't drained your debit card down to the red-alert level, Amazon has your back: the web retail giant has announced that the Amazon Mobile app is now fully updated for iPad, and it's available now on the App Store. The free app gives you all your favorite functions: browse the store, add to your Wish Lists, track packages and orders, watch movie trailers and listen to song samples -- even One-Click purchasing is included, otherwise known as "The Danger Room of Online Shopping." Point of aggravation, though: searching for music in the app only displays CDs, which seems somewhat backward. The mobile site for iPhone lets you search digital downloads, although you can't buy them (you have to add them to your wish list for later purchase); browsing in Safari on iPad is both better and worse, as it lets you get all the way to Read More

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Two of the biggest trends we tracked last year were Mobile Web and Internet of Things. In a new series on ReadWriteWeb, which we're calling Mobile Web Meets Internet of Things, we'll explore how these two important trends are converging and look at some cutting edge example products. We start with barcode scanning... Internet of Things is when everyday objects become connected to the Internet, via technologies such as RFID tags, sensors and barcodes. One trend we saw expanding in 2008-09 was mobile phones being deployed as readers for barcodes. Increasingly, smartphones such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices offer applications that allow you to scan a barcode on a product or object and get more information about it. Barcodes are similar to RFID tags, in that they both hold data. RFID tags are generally more functional and flexible than barcodes. Also RFID tags can be read/write, whereas barcodes cannot. Read More

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Have you ever wondered why women may appear stressed?  Women have to juggle many obligations and ensure everything runs smoothly.  From their careers to raising children, taking care of the family and household, to caring for themselves and their health.   In addition to having some fun with your iPhones, a variety of applications have made it easier for you to be more organized so you can anticipate, plan, and accomplish your goals. Shopper (MidCentury Software) MacWorld says this its the best-selling grocery app in the App Store!  Shopping at the grocery store has just been made easy for you with the Shopper app by MidCentury Software.  By utilizing the customizable features, you will be able to go through the aisles faster and more efficiently. Features NikeWomen Training Club (Nike, Inc) NikeWomen Training Club has given you the ability to totally customize your daily work-out.  These are exercises which are geared towards a woman Read More

Have you ever stood in the aisle of a store and stared blankly at a product, trying to decide if it was priced reasonably or if it was the right product for you?  If so, you may be delighted to know that Google has announced that their Google Product Search is now iPhone friendly. The Google Product Search page is now nicely formatted for your iPhone, and it should help you find out everything you need to know about a certain product.  The new page is easy to use, simply go to Google.com and type in a product type.  The page then brings up the normal search results with news and various other listings, look for the link that says “Shopping results.” Make sure to look really close though, sometimes the shopping results link is near the middle or bottom of the page.  Click on the link and you will be Read More