This is a little off topic for this blog, but I love cool tech stuff, and this is really cool. I know a lot of you out there are geeks a heart, and we all love to get the best price when we shop.
If this describes you too, you gotta check this out.
Some graduates from my Alma Mater (Texas A&M University) are up for a neat award, and I was hoping some of you would take a minute to vote.
This guy (Rylan Barnes) started up a company that makes software for your mobile phone (think iPhone, Android/G1 etc). Their first application is out, and it is a killer app! Totally practical and useful (and really cool).
The app is called ShopSavvy and it uses the camera in your phone to scan the barcode of any product and finds the best prices online and at nearby, local stores!
Check out the company here: biggu.com
Anyway, they've been nominated for the 2008 Crunchies! This is a big deal. It's like winning an Oscar but for a tech startup company. This is only a nomination, though, so they need your vote!
Vote here: http://crunchies2008.techcrunch.com/votes/?nominee_id=85&category_id=16
They are up against some big Silicon Valley competition (like Google) so please spread the word. Blog it, twitter it, tell your facebook friends! Vote every day! They'll take all the help they can get.
Thanks!
Regards,
Mark
Nice! I was actually imagining an app like this just a few weeks ago. Good to see that it still holds true that for every good idea, there is a person on the internet who has already done it!
Now I just have to wait until next December for my AT&T contract to expire so I can get a reasonably priced iPhone…
Wow Adam, so cool to see you here. The iPhone totally rocks as a consumer device, but I am still sold on blackberry for corporate use.