Submitted by alihaha6765@hot... on November 29, 2011 - 4:25am

Thanksgiving is a special time for gathering family together for food, but additionally there is football and Black Friday buying. For smartphone us-ers heading out for Black Friday shopping, the numerous available purchasing applications will make saving money on Black Friday deals much easier. Resource for this article: Black Friday shoppers can save money with shopping apps

Get the buying done

The Wall Street Journal reports that some retailers will start with “Black Midnight” this year, helping Black Friday purchasing to start early.

On Black Friday, buying will start at mid-night at Best Buy, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s. Consumers want smartphones this year. Any business with smartphones will get more shop-pers in their doors. There are a lot of shopping applications geared to find the best deals.

Pan and scan

Codes on items could be scanned with scanning software. This is involved in most shopping applications.

A bar code could be scanned with RedLaser. It then will tell you where that item could be discovered for the least amount of money, as reported by SavingAdvice.com. Android and iPhone both have it accessible. According to USA Today, the latest version consists of online payment through PayPal, so customers can pay for and select up their items or have them shipped. Only some retailers use RedLaser. It was created by eBay.

ShopSavvy is another app that scans bar codes and shows costs, according to CNBC. It also shows customers promotional offers and coupons. The ShopSavvy Website explained that ShopSavvy is accessible for several devices. It can be used on Windows Mobile, Android and iPhone.

Bar codes and QC codes cannot be scanned with apps such as SnapTell. Instead, they have to take photographs of them.

Voice search is used for Amazon’s Price Check Application. It is also used for Google Shopper, according to CNBC. The name of the product will be spoken. Then, the phone will search for costs. The apps also have scanning and picture upload functions. It is all personal preference. Amazon Price Check is only accessible for the iPhone and iPad. Android and iPhone both have ac-cess to Google Shopper.

App used for ads

It is simple to save cash with other applications. They simply show the best deals you are able to discover. Black Friday ads are compiled in order to show the best prices for items on TGI Black Friday for the iPhone and Android, CNBC explains.

FatWallet.com does coupon and price comparison and has an application too. PRWeb reports this app is called Black Friday Deal Finder and is for the iPhone.

Add on a coupon

SavingAdvice explains that a user can use CouponSherpa in order to find coupons for items sold in the store. The mobile coupon app will bring up the coupon bar code on the phone’s screen for cashiers to scan or manually enter the coupon code.

As reported by the Los Ange-les Times, there are comparable applications like this. They include Yowza and MobiQpons.

Information from

Wall Street Journal

CNBC

ShopSavvy

USA Today

SavingAdvice

PRWeb

Los Angeles Times