Amazon Launch iPhone and iPod Touch Application
Amazon today announced its Amazon application for iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the Apple App Store. The Amazon app offers an easy way for users to search and browse for products offered by Amazon and thousands of retailers like Target and Macy’s, access Amazon’s popular shopping features such as Customer Reviews, and purchase using 1-Click Shopping and Amazon Prime.
The Amazon app for iPhone and iPod touch includes an experimental feature called “Amazon Remembers”. Amazon Remembers helps customers keep track of items they see in their daily lives and even tries to match photos of products to the same or similar products available on Amazon.com. Customers simply snap photos with their iPhone, the photos are automatically uploaded to Amazon.com, which then tries to find products similar to the ones in the photos. As soon as the customer receives the results, they can then purchase the item immediately or “remember it” for later in their Amazon account.
“We designed the Amazon app to be a quick and easy way for iPhone and iPod touch users to shop, browse, and buy with Amazon.com,” said Sam Hall, director of Amazon Mobile. “We’re also really excited about Amazon Remembers because it’s a fun and useful way to use the iPhone camera to find and remember items while on-the-go. Customers can build visual lists of things they want to remember, buy, or even learn more about.”
The Amazon app is available free from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.amazon.com/iphone_app.
2 Comments
amazon just told apple that making proprietary software to monopolize it’s goods is ok. those of us who wont pay a ridiculously high monthly rate for data will have to keep looking for wifi spots.
This app is a great idea. It lets you actually take photos of the product you want to purchase and then Amazon will search and find the same product on their site, or an alternative.
App was needed from Amazon, but they were very slow in getting it out!!