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Developer:
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Age rating: 4+
Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Amazon MobileCurrent Version: 1.8.3
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Amazon customers have full access to their existing cart, wish lists, payment and shipping options, order history, 1-Click (R) settings, and Prime membership benefits, just as they do on the web. All purchases made on Amazon Mobile are routed through Amazon’s secure servers.
Amazon Mobile is great for:
• Shopping for the full selection of products available from Amazon.com and our merchant partners
• Browsing product images and ratings; reading product details and customer reviews
• Comparing prices from Amazon and thousands of other merchants to those in the retail store where you are shopping
• Shopping from a wish list, or adding items to your wish list -- even selecting “gift wrap this item”
• Using the Snap It functionality to take a picture to search for a product from virtually anywhere
• Watching movie trailers and listening to music samples (iPad only)
• Scanning a barcode to instantly search for a product while on-the-go (currently only available with devices running iOS 4 with autofocus camera)
• Purchasing securely right from your mobile device
• Tracking the status of a recently-placed order
• Shopping Amazon's selection from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.com, Amazon.it, Amazon.cn or Amazon.co.jp from a single app with the location toggle feature available from the More menu
Amazon Mobile has products available in the following categories:
Books, Textbooks, Kindle
Magazines & Newspapers
Movies, Music, TV, Games, CDs
DVDs & Blu-ray DVD
Video On Demand
Musical Instruments
Video Games
Computers & Office
Software, Accessories, PC Games
Computer Components
Office Products & Supplies
Electronics
Audio, TV & Home Theater
Camera, Photo & Video
MP3 & Media Players
Car Electronics & GPS
Home Appliances
Home & Garden
Kitchen & Dining
Furniture & Décor
Bedding & Bath
Home Appliances
Vacuums & Storage
Home Improvement
Patio, Lawn & Garden
Pet Supplies
Sewing, Craft & Hobby
Grocery, Health & Beauty
Natural & Organic
Gourmet Food
Personal Care
Toys & Games
Baby
Apparel (Kids & Baby)
Shoes, Jewelry, Watches
Sports & Outdoors
Exercise & Fitness
Camping & Hiking
Action & Team Sports
Cycling, Golf, Fan Gear
Tools, Auto & Industrial
Power & Hand Tools
Outdoor Power Equipment
Home Improvement
Lighting & Electrical
Plumbing Fixtures
Automotive
Motorcycle & ATV
Industrial & Scientific
Amazon Mobile Review
Native app for Amazon.com is a must-have for any shopping trip
Standing in the middle of a well-stocked book store may seem like the moment you would least need access to Amazon.com. But I can’t count how many times I’ve been in a store, picked up a book and wondered how much it costs on the online retail site. There’s also the matter of reviews—a quick glance at the write-ups on Amazon.com can give you more info on whether the book you might buy is as good as a read as it promises to be.
Try to Remember: Amazon Mobile’s Amazon Remembers features is great for getting more information on an item simply by taking its photo.
Sure, you could always hop on the mobile version of Amazon.com via the built-in browser on your iPhone or iPod touch. But a well-designed native app is hard to beat. And the free Amazon Mobile from Amazon.com is a well-designed native app.
Amazon Mobile is pretty simple: Search for items you’re interested in and click through results to reveal just about all the details you’d find if you performed a similar search on the Amazon.com Web site. You can buy and add items to a cart without even opening your browser.
While it’s not critical to have an Amazon account to use Amazon Mobile, it definitely helps if you want to use some of the cooler features of the app. For instance, if you’re logged into your Amazon account, you can add items to your wish list—pretty handy if you just want to add something to your list for a possible future purchase.
One of the app’s coolest features is the Amazon Remembers feature. Simply take a picture of a book or another item you’d like to remember, and Amazon Remembers looks up the item and provides details about it. (Because the feature requires use of a camera, only iPhone users can take advantage of Amazon Remembers.) This is an absolute time saver for those times when you simply want to take note of an item in a store you might be interested in purchasing later.
The Amazon Mobile app is more than just a way to buy stuff through Amazon. With access to all the details of items sold on Amazon, wish lists, and the Remembers feature, Amazon Mobile is one of those apps that you’ll find yourself turning to just about every time you go shopping.
Amazon Mobile is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.x software update.
[Jeff Whitfield is a Web developer out of Dallas, working on the open-source MODx project.]
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Works great!
Great to have Amazon on the go!
Best Retail App
You can have the power of Amazon.com at your fingertip with their awesome app. I won't try and sell you on Amazon.com, but know that you are not getting a watered down version of the site. I was quite surprised at how quick and how expansive the app really was. Of course you can use your existing Amazon.com account to order items from the site, but this is also a fantastic reference for pricing, availability and any detail you might want to know about a product. Even if you never plan to use the app for an order, it's a great reference tool.
An retail app that is worth getting
The Amazon app is actually worth picking up. If only for the remembers function. You snap a shot of the object you like and Amazon will find it for you. This has been a great feature several times. It is as functional as the website. Great app, much better than most of the other retailers.
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