Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » LinkMe Mobile http://pulse2.com Sun, 27 May 2012 19:12:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Barnes & Noble Designs iPhone App With Reservation System http://pulse2.com/2009/07/09/barnes-noble-designs-iphone-app-with-reservation-system/ http://pulse2.com/2009/07/09/barnes-noble-designs-iphone-app-with-reservation-system/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:54:31 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=17233 Continue reading →]]> barnes-noble-iphone
The world’s largest bookstore Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS?) has designed an iPhone application that is available on the iPhone and iPod Touch.  Users can read book reviews and find store information.  In order to build the application, Barnes & Noble partnered with LinkMe Mobile and Spotlight Mobile.

One of the built in features allows users to take a picture of a book and immediately see reviews and other information about it.  While it is just as easy to use a Google search to find the information, this feature just makes the application more intuitive.

There are several other useful features.  There is a local store events section that shows up after searching for a local store.  There is also online purchasing so you don’t have to use the website directly anymore.  For those of you interested in individual authors, there is a section called B&N Studio where there are author interviews.  Another feature is a reservation system that allows you to have a store hold books, music, or movies for you.

The application is available for free and was created because the company wanted to increase their store mobile traffic.

[via CNET]

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