A Useful WAP Service?
Froogle, the online shopping price comparison service from Google has launched a WAP version so you can see if that shiny new gadget you’re about to buy is available cheaper elsewhere, whilst you’re still stood in the shop. It’s a minimalist UI, the usual Google approach, and pretty usable, but seems to be rather US-centric – not surprising, given that the web version is too. I think it’d be more use if you could get pictures of the items from the search, and it would be cool if you could take a picture of the barcode or something to use for the search, or if you could tell it which shop you were in so it could use knowledge of that chain’s stock to narrow the search. Still, it’s a service where the mobility aspect is important, and not just trying to put a desktop web service onto a mobile phone.
