Instant product reviews via barcode reading cellphone!

[pdxkevin]

Toshiba develops cellphone barcode reader software for online search of product reviews
Toshiba has developed software that allows users to easily check online reviews of a product by reading its barcode with a camera-equipped cellphone. The software will be put to trial use in February at locations such as electronics stores and bookstores, and will become commercially available sometime in 2006.
The software is designed for products that purchasers tend to read reviews for, such as electronic goods, food, books, CDs, DVDs, makeup, etc. Users will be able to access information for approximately 400,000 products.

the cellphone is becoming the swiss-army knife of this generation. You will be able to do everythuing with it.... I bet for some it may even replace their wallet.

I would love to be able to quickly check out reviews on that closeout-one-left-on-the-shelf deal while I am at the store to know if it is a deal or not.