Can your Cell-Phone do this?

MacGaven

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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: MacGaven
It can produce scannable UPC Barcodes in a flash.

What good is that??

amish

Its a web browser and I pulled up a UPC Database page.

Everytime I walk into a retail store such as Target, I can scan the price of an item off the UPC displayed on the screen, and I don't have to bother with carrying the item to a scanner or writing the UPC down.
 

dman

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Originally posted by: MacGaven
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: MacGaven
It can produce scannable UPC Barcodes in a flash.

What good is that??

amish

Its a web browser and I pulled up a UPC Database page.

Everytime I walk into a retail store such as Target, I can scan the price of an item off the UPC displayed on the screen, and I don't have to bother with carrying the item to a scanner or writing the UPC down.

= Good for finding clearance prices below marked prices. Cool, but, how much did that device cost you... it might take a while to make it back in target clearances. ;)

 

kranky

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Don't some cell phones have web browser capability? That screen looks like the UPC lookup result screen at upcdatabase.com .
 
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No. My cellphone has this wonderful feature of "I dial the number and the phone rings" ... you know, just like a normal phone?

- M4H
 

MacGaven

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Originally posted by: dman
Originally posted by: MacGaven
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: MacGaven
It can produce scannable UPC Barcodes in a flash.

What good is that??

amish

Its a web browser and I pulled up a UPC Database page.

Everytime I walk into a retail store such as Target, I can scan the price of an item off the UPC displayed on the screen, and I don't have to bother with carrying the item to a scanner or writing the UPC down.

= Good for finding clearance prices below marked prices. Cool, but, how much did that device cost you... it might take a while to make it back in target clearances. ;)

How about price-matching it to Amazon.com for $50 with T-Mobile agreement and $50 Mail-In-Rebate (Received)?

Web-Browser

AIM

E-mail

Ultimate deal-hunter.

T-Mobile Sidekick.
 

Spac3d

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The Tmobile Sidekick is pretty cool. Is the color one out yet? I haven't paid much attention to Tmobile lately.
 

pulse8

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I can get to the site and everything, but my Samsung A500 doesn't show the full bar code.
 

MacGaven

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Originally posted by: Spac3d
The Tmobile Sidekick is pretty cool. Is the color one out yet? I haven't paid much attention to Tmobile lately.

Its set for after May of this year.

I'm going to trade my current T-Mobile Sidekick in for the new one and I get the whole $249 value of the device to the new device.
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: NokiaDude
THAT"S AWESOME!!! You can slap a $9.99 UPS sticker on a $20 or even $50 item!!!!!
Nothing like committing fraud and theft dumbass.
 

MacGaven

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Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: NokiaDude
THAT"S AWESOME!!! You can slap a $9.99 UPS sticker on a $20 or even $50 item!!!!!
Nothing like committing fraud and theft dumbass.

It doesn't print UPC stickers.

It serves as an easily accessible reference. It's one of several neat tricks on the T-Mobile Sidekick.

I can also browse Anandtech on my T-Mobile Sidekick.
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: MacGaven
It doesn't print UPC stickers.

It serves as an easily accessible reference. It's one of several neat tricks on the T-Mobile Sidekick.

I can also browse Anandtech on my T-Mobile Sidekick.
My comment was not directed to you.

 

Scarpozzi

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Originally posted by: NokiaDude
THAT"S AWESOME!!! You can slap a $9.99 UPS sticker on a $20 or even $50 item!!!!!
Why would you want to put a shipping label on an item in the store?
 

Kevin

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Originally posted by: MacGaven
Originally posted by: Spac3d
The Tmobile Sidekick is pretty cool. Is the color one out yet? I haven't paid much attention to Tmobile lately.

Its set for after May of this year.

I'm going to trade my current T-Mobile Sidekick in for the new one and I get the whole $249 value of the device to the new device.

Sweet, I didn't even know a color one was in development...