Google Shopper has just been made
available for Android.
The tool is a slick way to find a product you need when you have no idea where to buy it. You can search for products using voice, pictures, barcodes, or plain old text and Google Shopper should indicate the nearest place you can buy it.
Google Shopper
Shopping smarter with Google Shopper on your Android Phone.
Shopping smarter with Google Shopper
Here's an example search based on the Effective Java: Programming Language Guide.
To see Google Shopper in action, watch this video:
Hands-on: Moto Milestone (Droid) multi-touch, Google Shopper
Once you do find a product, the simplicity of the design is both a virtue and a vice. Finding a useful seller, checking details and reading reviews is very fast -- but it's also all you can do. ShopSavvy, by comparison, lets you get a notice when an item falls below a certain price and create wish lists; Google will only let you see your history and star items for later. We'd also like to see a localized element that could prioritize searches by their proximity and tie into Google Maps to help find the closest shop with something in stock.
What do you get when you combine Barcode Scanner by ZXing Barcode, Google Goggles and the “Shopping Tab” on Google.com? The Google Shopping Android Application which just launched on Android Market! I quickly downloaded the app and gave it a quick spin in this on-the-fly hands-on review; I literally had downloaded the application 5 minutes before.
Sources:
- Google Shopper for Android Goes Live
- Google Shopper for Android
- Official Google Mobile Blog: Shopping smarter with Google Shopper
- YouTube - Google Shopper
- Hands-on: Moto Milestone (Droid) multi-touch, Google Shopper | Electronista
- Google Shopper Android Application Launches | Android Phone Fans
- YouTube - Google Shopper Android Application Launches!
Related:
- Google Launches Google Shopper for Android
- Google Shopper: A Mobile Shopping Companion
- Hands On with Google Shopper for Android - Reviews by PC Magazine
- Google Shopper Android App Confuses Me: WTF Is Google Doing? | Gizmodo Australia