There’s a new Android Amazon app on the Android Market for UK users today, which makes the impulse purchasing of things you don’t need much, much easier.
Now incorporating compatibility with Amazon’s “one click” purchasing system, the new Android tool also includes a “scan a barcode” option so you’re able to compare prices of other items in a flash or look up anything you’ve got lying around the house.
Bloody hell, check out the price on that Galaxy Tab. I’ll write that up separately in a minute.
Just be careful out there. Dialing someone by accident is embarrassing enough – accidentally purchasing items from Amazon because you didn’t lock the screen when you put your phone in your pocket takes it to a whole new level. Here’s the announcement:
New Free Shopping Application for Android – Amazon Customers Scan a Barcode for Instant Product Matches
Luxembourg – January 26, 2011 – Amazon.co.uk today announced the release of its latest mobile shopping application, “Amazon App for Android™,” which is now available as a free download in Android Market™. Designed specifically for Android, the Amazon App offers users a fast and convenient way to shop for millions of items on Amazon.co.uk and thousands of Marketplace sellers wherever they go. The application includes barcode scanning, a new feature that enables Android users to use their device camera to scan items available for sale on Amazon.co.uk and receive a product match instantly– without the need for a keyboard.
“Customers in the UK have been requesting an Amazon shopping application on their Android devices and we are thrilled to bring them the Amazon App for Android,” said Greg Greeley, Vice President EU Retail at Amazon. “In addition to accessing their favourite Amazon shopping features such as 1-Click®, Amazon Prime and customer reviews, customers can use the new barcode scanning tool to read the barcode on great gift ideas and everyday items and instantly match them to products available at Amazon.co.uk.”
Using the Amazon App for Android, customers can make price comparisons across multiple sellers, and easily purchase products from Amazon.co.uk and thousands of other retailers on the Amazon.co.uk site.
With the Amazon App for Android customers can also use their existing Amazon.co.uk account to access favourite shopping features wherever they are, such as:- Purchasing using Amazon’s 1-Click® ordering and Amazon Prime
– Tracking packages or modifying orders using the Your Account feature
– Receiving personalised recommendations
– Viewing editorial and customer reviews
– Accessing their Wish ListThe Amazon App for Android is available on any Android-enabled device as a free download through Android Market™. For more information, visit www.amazon.co.uk/androidapp
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Rik Hemsley
/ January 26, 2011I put my phone in my pocket with my keys, which have that little bar code from the key insurance people, and got 14 copies of my keys in the post the next morning.
Gary C
/ January 26, 2011It’s keys in the left pocket, phone in the right. Everyone knows that. Your contract insurance is invalid if you put your phone in the same pocket as your keys.
Rik Hemsley
/ January 26, 2011So is it okay that I put loose change in the other pocket with my butterfly collection?