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Released: November 10, 2011
Mobile apps can help you spend wisely
Source: Jayne O'Donnell, USA Today
Jim Langehennig set out last Black Friday to get a popular HDTV with a great advertised price. When the Consumer Reportselectronics lab manager got to the store, however, it was sold out.
Another model had an unadvertised special, but Langehennig didn’t want to buy it without checking the reviews. But he didn’t have the magazine’s app or mobile site loaded on his new phone. So he drove 30 miles home to use his computer. Fortunately, the other TV was still at the store when he got back.
“It would have been great to have the app right there in front of me,” Langehennig says.
Shopping and doing research on the fly can really pay off during the holiday season, especially when smartphones and tablets are used to compare prices and check product reviews.
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