Amazon launches iPhone app

It's becoming a full time job to keep up with all the amazing new iPhone apps. Here's another one worthy of note from Amazon.com

According to The New York Times, Amazon.com is offering a new iPhone app today called Amazon Mobile with an unusual feature, still experimental.

The feature, Amazon Remembers, is a tool lets users take a photograph of any product they see in the real world. The photos are then uploaded to Amazon and turned over to the far-flung freelance workers in Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program, who will try to match them with products for sale on Amazon.com. The results will not be instantaneous (between 5 minutes and 24 hours, the company says), but the idea is to entice consumers to buy products from Amazon instead of its offline rivals.

According to ZDNet, "the new iPhone app also features the ability to search, compare prices, read reviews and make purchases. You also have access to your existing cart, wish lists, payment and shipping options, order history, one-click settings, and Amazon Prime benefits."

emily | 6:39 PM | Cell Phone apps |
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