Comments on: Mobile apps won’t kill shops, but they will force change http://14sandwiches.com/2008/12/10/mobile-apps-wont-kill-shops-but-they-will-force-change/ A technology-media-music party for your brain Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:03:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: streetstylz http://14sandwiches.com/2008/12/10/mobile-apps-wont-kill-shops-but-they-will-force-change/comment-page-1/#comment-5439 streetstylz Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:27:06 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=450#comment-5439 NeoMedia Technologies grandfathered this technology back in the mid 90’s and have been doing mobile code scanning and comparison shopping via UPC codes long before any other company in this space.<br><br>NeoMedia on ABC & NBC News circa 2004:<br><a href="http://www.qode.com/videos/PaperClickOnAbc7.wmv" rel="nofollow">http://www.qode.com/videos/PaperClickOnAbc7.wmv</a><br><a href="http://www.qode.com/videos/PaperClickOnNbc8.wmv" rel="nofollow">http://www.qode.com/videos/PaperClickOnNbc8.wmv</a><br><br>NeoMedia has a rich patent portfolio that covers scanning barcodes with a camera enabled mobile device to connect to the Internet, comparison shop, and/or retrieve online content.<br><br><a href="http://www.neom.com/13.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.neom.com/13.html</a> NeoMedia Technologies grandfathered this technology back in the mid 90’s and have been doing mobile code scanning and comparison shopping via UPC codes long before any other company in this space.

NeoMedia on ABC & NBC News circa 2004:
http://www.qode.com/videos/PaperClickOnAbc7.wmv
http://www.qode.com/videos/PaperClickOnNbc8.wmv

NeoMedia has a rich patent portfolio that covers scanning barcodes with a camera enabled mobile device to connect to the Internet, comparison shop, and/or retrieve online content.

http://www.neom.com/13.html

]]> By: richardcrocker1 http://14sandwiches.com/2008/12/10/mobile-apps-wont-kill-shops-but-they-will-force-change/comment-page-1/#comment-2261 richardcrocker1 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:54:23 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=450#comment-2261 Generally, I agree with what you're saying here. There's one other major factor you didn't cover - impulse purchasing. I often pay a premium because I just want the thing that instant. Perhaps stores will need to focus on that more by doing special offers -- like, buy it a little cheaper in the next hour, but if you leave the shop forget about it. And there will continue to be a need to physically view many goods -- e.g. I'd never buy clothes without putting them on first. Generally, I agree with what you're saying here. There's one other major factor you didn't cover – impulse purchasing. I often pay a premium because I just want the thing that instant. Perhaps stores will need to focus on that more by doing special offers — like, buy it a little cheaper in the next hour, but if you leave the shop forget about it. And there will continue to be a need to physically view many goods — e.g. I'd never buy clothes without putting them on first.

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