The people who owned Google Phones and a few that did not but were planning to buy one thought that there was one killer app that made the purchase of an additional phone not only compelling but also a way to save money. This killer app is Compare Everywhere. It lets you take a photo of a bar code on an item that you want to buy. It then checks the bar code in its database against your location. It returns a list of prices of the same item in nearby shops. Basically, it is every bargain shopper’s dream and every retailers worst nightmare.

If this app catches on, I would not be surprised to see some stores investigate if it would be possible to block certain Internet signals. If they thought that competing online against Amazon was hard, wait until all their competition is digitally laid out at their customers’ feet while in the store.

Tags: Android, Google, Killer apps

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