tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867554209622472126.post4488919360035895160..comments2023-03-09T00:01:06.357-08:00Comments on William Frantz: Shopping via MIDletUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867554209622472126.post-60052229611258607052005-02-06T09:46:02.000-08:002005-02-06T09:46:02.000-08:00Thanks William for picking up on my post and givin...Thanks William for picking up on my post and giving some insightful points about the concept.<br><br>I think that in larger stores, all the "offers" will be presentable via web services, by which I really imagined something like an RSS feed. Even last-minute price reductions are usually electronically registered on the inventory system.<br><br>Picking up a flyer is definitely a good idea, but many stores don't, or can't print these to keep up with the in-store price drops and specials etc.<br><br>The idea is not limited to price reductions necessarily. It can be thought of as a kind of in-store browser.<br><br>You are right about GPS and battery life etc. In fact, GPS wont work a lot of the time anyway. There are other possibilities, like Bluetooth and NFC, or even manually.<br><br>You are also right about handing a credit-card to the cashier to order a product.<br><br>The question is can such interaction be user-friendly and useful to the shopper in a way that they get used to it. Imagine that ordering the missing product is a single click. That's better than waiting in line to see a cashier. My recent experience with ordering an out-of-stock item in Mothercare World was that it took over 10 minutes to complete - once I had the attention of a shop assistant. Interestingly, their procedure was to phone the online store and order it from there on my behalf.<br><br>These issues need thinking through. I'm glad to be in conversation with you about it.Paul Goldinghttp://wirelesswonders.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867554209622472126.post-71992688112367585702005-02-06T15:15:52.000-08:002005-02-06T15:15:52.000-08:00"...their procedure was to phone the online s..."...their procedure was to phone the online store and order it from there on my behalf."<br><br>Haha... oh, that's rich. Doesn't it just burn you to see such brute force techniques being used when some good I.T. would make it so easy?William Frantzhttp://williamfrantz.comnoreply@blogger.com