{"id":5201,"date":"2013-04-04T14:56:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=5201"},"modified":"2013-04-04T14:56:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:56:35","slug":"pricechecks-mobile-shopping-app-finalist-for-international-mobile-app-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/pricechecks-mobile-shopping-app-finalist-for-international-mobile-app-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"PriceCheck&#8217;s Mobile Shopping App, finalist for International Mobile APP OF THE YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/mobile\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>South African Mobile Shopping App<\/strong><\/a>, PriceCheck, has been selected from all BlackBerry apps worldwide; as <strong>one of three <\/strong>finalists for the coveted International BlackBerry APP OF THE YEAR.<\/p>\n<p>Locally conceptualized, developed and released, the app offers shoppers access to prices and reviews of millions of products; choice out of thousands of categories and direct access to hundreds of on and offline stores. A Barcode scanner as part of the App, makes comparing and finding best prices in store a breeze. PriceCheck now process a barcode scan off their App every 10-20 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>See more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackberrylive.com\/special-programs\/achievement-awards\/vote\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Being selected out of more than 100 000 BlackBerry 10 apps worldwide is quite a milestone\u2019\u2019, says PriceCheck GM, Andre de Wet, \u2018\u2019and as South Africans we can be pretty chuffed about it. It shows what is being done locally on mobile is world-class and what PriceCheck is doing for mobile shopping is the right way to go.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>BlackBerry users around the world have selected PriceCheck\u2019s BlackBerry app as one of the apps that demonstrate the most innovative use of the BlackBerry technology in this year\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackberrylive.com\/special-programs\/achievement-awards\/about\" target=\"_blank\">BlackBerry Achievement Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the price comparison service\u00a0has invested a lot of effort and time into developing apps on all platforms including BlackBerry, Nokia, iOS and Android, being shortlisted as one of the three finalists for the BlackBerry App of the year is no small feat.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/appworld.blackberry.com\/webstore\/content\/21869885\/\" target=\"_blank\">PriceCheck BlackBerry 10 app<\/a>\u00a0was short listed alongside the\u00a0Hoyts Cinema app\u00a0and the\u00a0Cooklet\u00a0app for the BlackBerry App of the Year award. So if you think a South African App deserves to win the award, why not\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackberrylive.com\/special-programs\/achievement-awards\/vote\" target=\"_blank\">vote here<\/a>\u00a0now. The deadline for voting is Monday, April 15 at 5:00 PM ET (10:00 PM GMT +1). This year\u2019s winners will be announced at BlackBerry Live between May 14-16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/press_release_images2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5208\" title=\"press_release_images\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/press_release_images2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"518\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Mobile Shopping App, PriceCheck, has been selected from all BlackBerry apps worldwide; as one of three finalists for the coveted International BlackBerry APP OF THE YEAR. Locally conceptualized, developed and released, the app offers shoppers access to prices and reviews of millions of products; choice out of thousands of categories and direct access<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/pricechecks-mobile-shopping-app-finalist-for-international-mobile-app-of-the-year\/\" 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":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5201"}],"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=5201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}