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Comments on: Barnes & Noble opens new chapter with iPhone app

The B&N Bookstore app lets you browse books from a photo, read about new releases, and watch videos of author interviews.

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by iparadisebeach June 29, 2009 2:08 PM PDT
Seeing the "E" EDGE network symbol pictured above makes me cringe inside ( I suppose it's much better than seeing the "o"). My phone is better than the network it uses. Somehow I feel that a developer at B&N is a having a short laugh at his no doubt intentional low blow or it could simply indicate compatibility to legacy iPhone owners. We will go with the low blow.
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by trbutler June 29, 2009 2:28 PM PDT
The Amazon app lets you take pictures to identify things too ("Amazon Remembers") -- but it does all kinds of products, not just books.
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by jazzmandan June 29, 2009 3:53 PM PDT
Wonder why they aren't leveraging their acquisition of eReader/FictionWise to beat Amazon and do a combined book and ebook application. That would be a unique offering.
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by July 21, 2009 7:22 PM PDT
We just downlaoded this app (saw it while waiting for the kids in the bookstore).

Floored me.

Although the iPhone is relatively new technology to us, the integration (seamless) is what really gets things to where they need to be. One photo of the book gave us reviews and similar books. OK, you needed the book in hand, but cool. Where it got really neat was the integration with theGPS and the"find me" functionality to show me front photos of the stores on the street so I could choose which one most suited me, then in a click, inventory was brought up - wow. And oh yeah, they will hold it for you too :-)

It can only get better......

Now if Chapters would only come out with something similar - oh to be Canadian :-(
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by jdog43 December 16, 2009 7:20 AM PST
Yes and it crashes everytime it is opened. This has been going on for weeks, while users cannot read the books bought from Barnes and Noble. SHAME!!!
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