| The Redline Laser Application allows the user to | | | | reviews commonly agree that an email function is |
| survey various products, by utilizing a barcode | | | | perhaps the best component: upon deciding on a |
| feature. Earlier versions took photos and sent | | | | particular item, the user can email, set the order, or |
| product information to servers, but the new version | | | | allow others to know about the product—no |
| shows faster results, and allows the user to compare | | | | other application has evolved this much, in this short |
| prices immediately. Perhaps the only drawback is that | | | | of time. |
| there are no available pictures for the product being | | | | SnapTell is almost up-to-speed, in terms of |
| bought, and so the user at the end of the day must | | | | functioning, to that of the Redlaser, and it nearly |
| read the text describing the product—and not | | | | creates the same shopper friendly perks, but not |
| view the product itself. | | | | quite: it sends images to participating companies; and |
| Currently, performance on the laser application | | | | depending on whether or not the company has that |
| continues to improve tremendously: the application | | | | product, the results will be sent back to the user in |
| gives quick, relevant information for comparing prices. | | | | about ten minutes. The problem with SnapTell is that |
| As current analysis finds its way back to the | | | | there are too few products contained in company |
| software developers, changes are then integrated | | | | databases to keep up with the influx of popular |
| into the newer versions—so look for this product | | | | products—causing it not to perform as well as the |
| to continue to exceed the standards of shopping | | | | Redlaser. In fact, the Redlaser not only collects |
| applications. | | | | barcodes, but it logs viable information for the user; |
| Current trends find the Redline Laser Application to | | | | this way he or she can share information, buy the |
| be the best among competing applications. iTunes | | | | product on the spot, or even comparison shop. |
| shows the redline as the number two paid application | | | | Perhaps the only major complaint for the Redlaser is |
| averaging 4.5 stars—nearly an impossible feat. | | | | that the user must keep the phone perfectly steady |
| People are finding this application not exactly equal to | | | | to obtain the barcode correctly; yet when this minor |
| their standards, but instead far exceeding user | | | | problem occurs the user can manually arrange the |
| expectations and standards. Redlaser scans UPC and | | | | numbers into the phone with ease; so this should not |
| EAN, simply by aligning the arrows and holding the | | | | be an issue. Whether the application is used for |
| device steadily; results are nearly instantaneous. | | | | personal shopping, or whether it’s used for |
| Then, a list of prices surrounding the product in | | | | scanning multiple items in a warehouse, this handy |
| question will be placed on Google and Amazon: the | | | | application proves another effective means by which |
| prices avail themselves in no particular hierarchy. | | | | products can be maintained, stored, tracked, bought, |
| Some complain that the Redlaser should list prices | | | | and compared—at the same time the user can |
| from low to high, but that seems somewhat | | | | request notification of a list of products and pricing |
| unimportant in the larger picture. General product | | | | via email. |