Saturday, December 30, 2006
Shopping Search, Via Mobile Phone
By Gary Price,
December 13, 2006
Many popular shopping sites offer mobile versions of their search tools, which can be especially useful for those always on the go.
As Brian Smith, who runs the ComparisonEngines.com site that focuses on online shopping services notes, wireless shopping is not a new idea. He tells us that PriceGrabber offered its first mobile version more than six years ago.
However, as you can see below, shopping sites “going wireless” continue to increase. Here’s a roundup of the mobile search interfaces for some of the web's most popular shopping sites. The boldfaced links navigate to each service's primary web interface. The other links offer mobile access via web-enabled phone or other handheld device, typically with slimmed-down interfaces designed for smaller displays.
Amazon.com
Mobile interface at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/h.html or
http://www.amazon.com/access.
More Amazon:
Search Amazon.com SMS
Wireless with TicTap
Search Amazon.co.uk Via SMS with txtbux
Amazon-OnTheGo
Become.com
The main url http://www.become.com does a nice job of detecting browsers from mobile devices, so there's no special URL for mobile access.
ebay
Mobile interface at: http://wap2.bonfiremedia.com/
Froogle
Mobile interface at: http://wml.froogle.com or via SMS http://www.google.com/mobile/sms/index.html
Frucall
Frucall is a new free service that brings you Internet shopping when you are in a store or on the street. Frucall does not need any software downloads to your phone, or SMS data plans. I covered Frucall briefly in a ResourceShelf mention, and ComparisonEngines.com ran an interview with Frucall's CEO.
Pricegrabber
Mobile interface at: http://www.atpgw.com
Smarter.com
Mobile interface at: Details here.
XP Bargains
PDA Interface: http://www.xpbargains.com/pda.php
WAP Interface: http://www.xpbargains.com/wap.php
Yahoo Shopping (Beta)
Mobile interface at: http://us.wap.yahoo.com/p/shopping; more info about the new service >here.
And, a few lesser known mobile shopping search services:
ShopWiki Mobile
SCANBUY
Sifter, a location-based shopping search (here’s an interview with the CEO.
UpSnap
Gary Price is a professional librarian and the founder of ResourceShelf, and is currently Director of Online Information Resources for Ask.com.
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December 13, 2006
Many popular shopping sites offer mobile versions of their search tools, which can be especially useful for those always on the go.
As Brian Smith, who runs the ComparisonEngines.com site that focuses on online shopping services notes, wireless shopping is not a new idea. He tells us that PriceGrabber offered its first mobile version more than six years ago.
However, as you can see below, shopping sites “going wireless” continue to increase. Here’s a roundup of the mobile search interfaces for some of the web's most popular shopping sites. The boldfaced links navigate to each service's primary web interface. The other links offer mobile access via web-enabled phone or other handheld device, typically with slimmed-down interfaces designed for smaller displays.
Amazon.com
Mobile interface at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/h.html or
http://www.amazon.com/access.
More Amazon:
Search Amazon.com SMS
Wireless with TicTap
Search Amazon.co.uk Via SMS with txtbux
Amazon-OnTheGo
Become.com
The main url http://www.become.com does a nice job of detecting browsers from mobile devices, so there's no special URL for mobile access.
ebay
Mobile interface at: http://wap2.bonfiremedia.com/
Froogle
Mobile interface at: http://wml.froogle.com or via SMS http://www.google.com/mobile/sms/index.html
Frucall
Frucall is a new free service that brings you Internet shopping when you are in a store or on the street. Frucall does not need any software downloads to your phone, or SMS data plans. I covered Frucall briefly in a ResourceShelf mention, and ComparisonEngines.com ran an interview with Frucall's CEO.
Pricegrabber
Mobile interface at: http://www.atpgw.com
Smarter.com
Mobile interface at: Details here.
XP Bargains
PDA Interface: http://www.xpbargains.com/pda.php
WAP Interface: http://www.xpbargains.com/wap.php
Yahoo Shopping (Beta)
Mobile interface at: http://us.wap.yahoo.com/p/shopping; more info about the new service >here.
And, a few lesser known mobile shopping search services:
ShopWiki Mobile
SCANBUY
Sifter, a location-based shopping search (here’s an interview with the CEO.
UpSnap
Gary Price is a professional librarian and the founder of ResourceShelf, and is currently Director of Online Information Resources for Ask.com.
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