Get Consumer Reports on Your Mobile
February 27th, 2008 MobileFreak
Whenever I am making a semi-significant purchase at a retail store (think Home Depot or Best Buy), I’m in too much of a rush to compare prices or give enough thought to which product is the best for me.
I often have my young kids with me, and I want to get out of the store as soon as possible before my 18 month old makes a run for it down the lumber aisle. So I never have time to talk to someone or compare different products. How do I know if the product has a good buyer rating? What are the other competing products, and how does the cost compare?
Wouldn’t it be great if I could have this information at my fingertips?
Alas, I can. The Consumer Reports mobile website brings buying recommendations, price ranges, and best known brands in a particular product right to my mobile phone.
Consumer Reports’ mobile website provides a small fraction of the information contained in their regular website. That said, it’s a start and I fully expect more detailed information and content to be added over the next several months. Until then, it is a useful resource that will only get better. Remember it the next time you are deciding on which washer to buy while your kid decides to hide in the dryer.
Mobile Website:
www.consumerreports.org/Special/Avantgo/Appliances/menu.htm (for appliances)
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