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Amazon Japan Offers Barcode Purchases via Camera Phone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the disintermediation dept.

Zode writes "Jesse James Garrett reports that Amazon Mobile Japan customers can purchase a item with their camera phones. "Snap a photo of a product bar code using your cell phone, and Amazon Japan will give you a price check," according to Garrett, relaying from this article in Ketai Watch (Wireless Watch). Here's the English translation from Babelfish."

3 of 211 comments (clear)

  1. Translation? by ZosX · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    More like a "Engrish" translation....

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  2. Re:Available in America... by Frnknstn · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You are not familiar with the constant 'st'

    st = 1

    1st = 1

    So in fact, you are an idiot.

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  3. Disturbing by DogDude · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Doesn't this bother anybody? Not only would something like this further hurt brick & mortar stores further, but why the obsession with mega-giant e-teailer Amazon? Has all of Slashdot become consumer whores, wiling to buy from anyone who has the lowest price by $0.01? I love how /.'ers lambast MS, then gladly fork over their money to the likes of Best Buy, Ebay, Wal-Mart, and Amazon. Corporate bitches you all are. If somebody was doing this in our store, they'd be escorted out. We pay all of the overhead that Amazon does not to let you see it in person and touch it and feel it and play with it.

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