Archive for May 16th, 2009

Product Search: Web And Mobile Apps Converge

Published by Babar Bhatti on May 16, 2009 under Android, Business, Competitive Trends, Digital Convergence, Entrepreneurship, Games, Search, Smart Phones

Interesting developments where a product search page accessed by a mobile device can interact with the mobile device capabilities. This is taken from Texas Startup Blog.

Google’s product search features have been optimized for use on Android handsets and now Google has just revealed how Android might just be the killer phone operating system. Websites, like Google Product Search, can offer ‘intents’ that allow for interaction between websites and mobile applications.

If you go to Google Product Search on an Android phone you can click ‘Scan Barcode’ and the browser will call Android asking for ‘barcode’ intents like Barcode Scanner and ShopSavvy. Just click on the one you prefer and presto you have launched a barcode reader. Barcode Scanner sends you to the Google Product Search page.