Re: [LM_NET] TECH: Privacy/security question--along these lines

[Cheryl Youse <cyouse@GMAIL.COM>]

I was talking with a store owner the other day who told me that he had
recently discovered a new capability of cell phones. He had a customer pull
out his cell phone and scan the bar code. The phone then gave the customer a
price comparison of that item with the cost of it in other stores in the
area. He then decided that price was acceptable and purchased it, though he
told him that Kohl's had it for a dollar less but it wasn't worth the drive.
I didn't know there was an application that did that. The owner also pointed
out if he could scan the bar code, he could also scan the bar code on the
receipt for credit card information.

And then of course, there's the question, could cell phones be used to check
out books?

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:18 AM, David Lininger <tigerlibrarian@gmail.com>wrote:

> Any experts out there that know whether there is anything to this story?
> Yes, I know we discussed the Kindle thing recently, but what about the rest
> of it?
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=8181453&page=1
>
>
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Cheryl Youse, MLS
Media Specialist
Colquitt County High School
Moultrie, GA
cyouse@gmail.com

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