Google hands out $1.25 million to 50 Android app winners

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBOyGp25sSg

this one is pretty interesting.. probably would take some getting used to

It would be nice to have an interactive demo, because I think it would take a lot of getting used to. I guess on a phone you don't have to compete quite as much against touch-typing for the advertised "efficiency."

I'm surprised Enkin (http://www.enkin.net/) isn't on the list.

So was I. Maybe they're one of the four groups who declined being listed?

Andriod Scan is pretty amazing.

Take a picture of a bar code, it scans it and finds you the best prices online instantly. I could go to a mall with my phone, scan the crap I like...then just buy it all online and potentially save lots of money. Sounds like a game changer to me.

I've read about similar services here in Europe before. But how they intend to implement it is interesting.

A working solution is here:

http://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=barcode

http://people.inf.ethz.ch/adelmanr/batoo/

Video of it here: http://scan.jsharkey.org/

Great idea, but implementation could be smoother. Definitely something to look forward to :)

grrrr.... And I was working on this kind of app for the iphone... Didn't know somebody was doing the same on android...

Now to figure out what the heck all those apps are.

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