Mobile Price Comparison Applications

A plethora of new mobile applications are available to consumers to use by typing bar code or snap a picture to compare the prices from thousands of reputed stores. These new applications will definitely play a significant role in electronic commerce. I did some research and found the following applications are interesting in this space.

ringfo.com: Ringfo service will help consumers to find the best deals on books, CDs, and many other products. By using this service user can listen the new and used product prices.

Steps to use the service
1. find the bar code on any product -- also called UPC or ISBN
2. using phone keypad, enter the numbers found below on product's bar code**
3. listen for new and used prices*, customer ratings, and similar items

frucall.com/m: Frucall allows consumers to get pricing and customer rating information about items they see in store by making a call from their mobile phone.

Users can use this comparison tool in 3 ways
1. Phone call 2. Text Message 3. Mobile Web

mshopper.net: Mshopper is an easy-to-use mobile shopping tool which lets consumers use their cell phone to access the lowest online prices for any in-store item

• Get real time price comparison right in stores
• Browse to find categories and merchants you’re interested in
• Use the info to negotiate a better deal

mobSaver.com: By text messaging mobsaver, consumers can instantly compare online vs. retail prices while you're at the store. If you decide to buy online, you no longer have to memorize the titles and hope to still remember them by the time you get home. Simply text mobsaver, sign in when you get home, and you'll see your saved list of items.

I invite you to share here in comments your interesting Retail price comparision Mobile App