{"id":2792,"date":"2011-12-23T11:22:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T09:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2011-12-23T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T09:22:37","slug":"pricecheck-unveils-barcode-scanner-app-for-the-apple-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/pricecheck-unveils-barcode-scanner-app-for-the-apple-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"PriceCheck Unveils Barcode Scanner App for the Apple iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/downloads\/track.php?target_url=http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/za\/app\/pricecheck-barcode-scanner\/id489453991\" target=\"_blank\">download the PriceCheck Barcode Scanner Application from iTunes<\/a> for your iPhone. With nearly 7 million supported products with barcodes, the PriceCheck Barcode Scanner app provides realtime product and pricing for users.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon_200x200.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2795\" title=\"Barcode scanning app\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon_200x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The PriceCheck Barcode Scanner is a handy tool supplying you with comparative offers from online shops based on a brick-and-mortar in-store product you are interested in. The application uses your phone\u2019s camera and scans any product barcode typically found on its packaging (seen in the image below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot_iPhone_scan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2793\" title=\"screenshot_iPhone_scan\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot_iPhone_scan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The barcode scanner sends this code to the PriceCheck system which searches its database for a product with a matching barcode. The matching product is then displayed on the <a href=\"http:\/\/m.pricecheck.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">PriceCheck Mobile website<\/a> (as seen in the image below). Clicking on this product will list comparative offers put forward by various online shops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot_iPhone_result.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2794\" title=\"screenshot_iPhone_result\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot_iPhone_result.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Barcode scanning app is an evolution from the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/2011\/11\/the-pricecheck-web-icon-for-apple-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web Icon application<\/a>.\u00a0 A South African first, the Barcode scanning app is a helpful companion for making your shopping even more rewarding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can now download the PriceCheck Barcode Scanner Application from iTunes for your iPhone. With nearly 7 million supported products with barcodes, the PriceCheck Barcode Scanner app provides realtime product and pricing for users. The PriceCheck Barcode Scanner is a handy tool supplying you with comparative offers from online shops based on a brick-and-mortar in-store<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/pricecheck-unveils-barcode-scanner-app-for-the-apple-iphone\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[165,166,446],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}