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ScanZOOM: Can I get a price check?

ScanZOOM

Maybe a little less urgent now that you can search our new best friend Froogle via SMS text message, but Scanbuy has just properly released ScanZOOM, a software app for cameraphones that let's you comparison shop by snapping a picture of a product's barcode and then automatically pull up price information from PriceGrabber and Amazon. Only 16 phones supported at the moment (the Treo 600, Nokia 6600, 6620, 7650, 3650, and 7610, and Sony Ericsson P800, P900, and P910 are on the list). Good for eliminating buyer's remorse, but wanna bet that when retailers finally get clued into this that they're not gonna be too happy?