Red Laser - Bar Code scanner! Finds Lowest Prices

seanwes · 07-20-2009, 08:02 PM

RedLaser

Available on Cydia for Jailbroken iPhones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nppcYrgEF-E

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 07-20-2009, 08:15 PM

Seems to work pretty well.

seanwes · 07-21-2009, 02:41 AM

Originally Posted by Napoleon_PhoneApart

Seems to work pretty well.

Yeah, it's fun. No practical application for me yet, but it's only been a day.

psylichon · 07-21-2009, 02:53 AM

I thought there was an Appstore version of this out there...?

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 07-21-2009, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by psylichon

I thought there was an Appstore version of this out there...?

The App Store version is an earlier version. The developers got tired of waiting for approval and posted an updated version on Cydia.

iphonewarrior · 07-21-2009, 07:30 AM

I tried it on a bottle of water and it worked. I was impressed. It's quite clever.

RPMSTL · 07-22-2009, 08:35 AM

I played with it as well - works great. Not sure if I'll ever use it for anything other than a toy.

KabaModern · 07-22-2009, 08:53 AM

Yeah, it's fun and cool, but... WTF? If you've got the product, you already know what the item is.... I guess price comparison is nice, but... Yeah, it's definitely just a toy.

jptolife · 07-28-2009, 11:05 AM

This app is crazy! I was amazed when I tried this out. Love it!

NuMystic · 08-12-2009, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by KabaModern

Yeah, it's fun and cool, but... WTF? If you've got the product, you already know what the item is.... I guess price comparison is nice, but... Yeah, it's definitely just a toy.

The whole point of the app is being able to scan a product BEFORE you have purchased it.

While you're shopping, if you want to see if something is competitively priced you can now just scan the barcode instead of having to type the product name out in Google's shopping search.

Far from just a toy if you regularly buy expensive consumer products, or things in bulk at places like Costco, BJ's etc. Often I have found that products are available in bulk with free shipping cheaper on Amazon than at "discount" warehouses.