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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."

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  1. What about the bookstores? by lastninja · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How long until bookstores forbid the use of camera phones? I think many bookstore owners would be less than pleased if people only entered their store to be able to buy books from some other place.

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    John Carmack fan, browsing at +5 since 1999.
  2. All we need now.. by up4fun · · Score: 5, Insightful

    is standard barcodes and we could do price comparisons in the same way that shazam tags recorded music.

    Imagine sending a picture of a barcode to ebay to see if there's an auction for that item running.