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28-09-2009, 2:29 PM
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RedLaser 2.2.0 iTunes Store | 
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28-09-2009, 3:05 PM
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Boo! They sold out! This used to be free on Cydia  | |
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28-09-2009, 4:06 PM
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They didn't sell out, it was always a paid app on the App Store. They got frustrated by the length of time Apple took to approve a significant upgrade, so they put it on Cydia in the mean time.
It was a remarkably generous thing for the developers to do, really.
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28-09-2009, 8:19 PM
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This is rubbish!! Only about 1 in 15 items I scanned were actually found!
Wasted my money 
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28-09-2009, 8:51 PM
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Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding  This is rubbish!! Only about 1 in 15 items I scanned were actually found!
Wasted my money | Actually i find it to be very good, but it does depend on the types of things you are looking for. Great for electrical items, CD's and books etc - stuff thats sold online a lot.
Tried it in Staples the other day. They had a printer in there for £280. Redlaser found it at a few online retailers at £130. The salesman was speechless 
IMO its a brilliant app.
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29-09-2009, 1:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Autopilot Actually i find it to be very good, but it does depend on the types of things you are looking for. Great for electrical items, CD's and books etc - stuff thats sold online a lot.
Tried it in Staples the other day. They had a printer in there for £280. Redlaser found it at a few online retailers at £130. The salesman was speechless
IMO its a brilliant app. | I agree - I like browsing books in Waterstones so it's handy to be able to use this to see what Amazon are charging for it to decide whether to impulse buy it there or not. Good little app.
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29-09-2009, 5:31 PM
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I tried it on some PS3 and Wii games in Game the other day. Also tried some deodorant, aftershave, books, drinks etc
Some of them came back with minimum information such as what company produced the item (ie Fruit Shoot made by Robinsons) but it couldn't find any prices.
The only thing that has worked so far is one Wii game.
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29-09-2009, 6:52 PM
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Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding I tried it on some PS3 and Wii games in Game the other day. Also tried some deodorant, aftershave, books, drinks etc
Some of them came back with minimum information such as what company produced the item (ie Fruit Shoot made by Robinsons) but it couldn't find any prices.
The only thing that has worked so far is one Wii game. | I just picked 3 PS3 games off my shelf at random (Killzone 2, Little Big Planet, Pro Evo 2008) and all 3 returned lots of price results. Have you tried updating perhaps? I am running v2.2.0
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29-09-2009, 8:15 PM
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Is this any better than the free Pic2Shop?
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29-09-2009, 9:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Tikkaspecial Is this any better than the free Pic2Shop? | Yes, much better.
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30-09-2009, 4:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Autopilot Yes, much better. | Can you be more specific? Since the update a couple of weeks ago, pic2shop has picked up everything I have scanned. The only downside is that it only shows prices on Amazon at the moment but I find that a good enough guide to Internet price vs. store price.
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30-09-2009, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Tob I just picked 3 PS3 games off my shelf at random (Killzone 2, Little Big Planet, Pro Evo 2008) and all 3 returned lots of price results. Have you tried updating perhaps? I am running v2.2.0 |
Same here... picked up ALL my PS3 games and even prices for old PS1 games! 
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01-10-2009, 8:51 AM
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Fantastic App, Really impressed how easily it reads the barcode, 100% success rate so far | |
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01-10-2009, 11:11 AM
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yeah really good here too
only thing it didnt pick up was 'Une chien andalou' which is an obscure black and white salvador dali film so im not surprised it didnt find it tbh.
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01-10-2009, 11:34 AM
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Its huge flaw is that when you're out and about you can just search online for anything using your iPhone's internet browser. Why use redlaser just so you can faff about trying to scan a barcode and search a limited selection of sites?
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