Massive shopping discounts with Free Iphone and Android App Voucher App

A few months ago in the run up to the Christmas Sales we featured a phenomenally useful app for Apple Devices and Android : The Coupon App. As far as shopping apps go we found this app to be one of the most useful and convenient discount apps around. We're featuring the app again as our wallets are drained from the January sales and Valentine's day spending and would just like to show those who missed out on the first time around what a fantastic shopping app that The Coupon App is. We'd also like to get word out as to what a fantastic opportunity this app is for retailers and business to get their goods and services in the hands of customers.

Since it's featuring in a previous Gametrender article the Coupon App ,due to it's massive support amongst businesses, has been enjoying unprecedented fame for a shopping app. For a multi platform sales app to be amongst the top 15 apps on the Android Market and one of the top 50 Lifestyle Apps on iTunes is a fantastic achievement. But when you consider that you can use the app to access discount vouchers for restaurants, favourite stores and much more. and all from a free app, than it's no surprise that it has become so popular. Gone are the days when you need to fish through a wallet containing crumpled vouchers taken from the backs of newspapers to get a few dollars or pounds off of  goods. Now by simply having a voucher on your phone you can get that money off, as well as having a constant and relevant updated stream of vouchers of your choosing delivered to your phone. Barcode scanners and navigation to the shops with discounts are also some of the brilliant shopping features on this app. Who wouldn't want to save a few bucks with your phone by even downloading vouchers while standing in line to pay!

On the other side of the coin The Voucher App has become so popular as merchants and retailers have loved its ability to make their goods and services popular. As a retailer the ability to advertise your deals and discounts instantly to all interested customers in a chosen area is a very powerful marketing tool indeed.

So if you're a bargain hungry app user or a retailer looking to get your bargains advertised on iPhone and Android, than make that small effort to download The Coupon App , a free app that's guaranteed to either save you money or make you money is a winning app for everyone!

Download THE COUPON APP

for businessess wanting to advertise their deals and sales with the coupon app , go to this merchant link.

Target your best buy next Black Friday

Black friday has come and gone with many retailers hitting their sales target but not every consumer is filled with delight missing out on so many so-called best buys and many feel that bargains have passed them by.


The problem with once-off annual occasions like Black Friday is that if you don't move fast it is so easy to miss the bargains that you want.


To avoid this come next Black Friday or indeed any special shopping occasion such as for example the January and Boxing Day Sales we've sourced some apps that can alert you to upcoming shopping discounts and specials.


Firstly just be aware of the target ads you're likely to find all over the free apps you use nowadays and remember as these targeted ads are from Google they actually might be worth checking out as theoretically they're tailored to your interests.


Making waves now is Kohls using highly targeted marketing to bring in the online customers.


Best Buy is also  doing something similar with interesting Best Buy reward programs  such as the Best Buy Reward Zone


To really stay on top of these myriad online shopping bargains you need an app like 

DAILY SHOPPER

Find deals and sales of the day from some of the best online retailers such as Amazon gold box deals and Geeks.com

Winter Boots on Ebay : Android guide to buying

Winter is firmly upon us and as you'd expect Winter boots are once again in popular demand and Ebay sellers are doing a roaring trade.
We covered the Ebay app in a previous article but felt that due to the cold season upon us and the interest from readers in finding better ways to shop that we should look at how our Android phones can help specialised shopping, such as shopping for boots on Ebay.


If you look at the Ebay app it makes it quite easy to find what you need, whether it be Womens' boots , Cowboy boots, mens footwear or really any other combination you can think of.


However from personal experience if you're going to buy a top quality product such as an Ugg Boot for example even though you might save a substantial amount you need to look carefully at the buyers description and returns policy, especially with footwear and clothing as sizes can differ so widely.


The Online Peer to Peer shopping giant is represented more than adequately by some very clever apps.


EBAY FASHION

The Ebay Fashion App is astounding! Build a wardrobe; try items on virtually; check latest fashion trends both vintage and current.

Style Gallery Check out the latest catwalk crazes and then find cheaper Ebay equivalents.

eBay Fashion Vault: Desirable Designer Fashion at cheaper online prices

and my favourite

Augmented Reality Shopping!

Try on Sunglasses with the AR app and even see what clothes will look like with this augmented reality Ebay App!

A more than useful app if you're going to be clothes shopping online ; be sure to try the EBAY Fashion app and particularly the Augmented Reality, whether it be for winter boots or Summer sunglasses , could prevent you from making a costly mistake.


And talking of costly remember you can find bargain apps all over the net such as these Ebay coupons.


( If you've had enough of Ebay then also try Zappos which is proving popular with online shoppers this winter.)

Comparing Nike and Etsy shopping on the iPhone

Nike being the multimillion dollar Sportswear and athletic shoe company is a totally different type of company to Etsy, the trending internet site that specialises in HomeCrafts.


However once again Smartphones can unite these two disparate companies in the form of Shopping Apps for the iPhone.

The Nike app is  not as polished as you'd expect : You would expect the entire back catalogue (Legendary Nike Air Jordans , anyone?) and the latest releases also covered (the stunning Nike 601 range that has got athletes and leisurewear enthusiasts all excited) Instead what you get is a range of links that promise access to the Nike Creatives but so far after about an hour of trying I still find myself unable to access the Nike Store. If you have any better luck then please let me know in the comments. On the other hand I'm very impressed with the shopping app from this alternate store:


The Etsy App on the other hand while not as polished has the type of quaint charm that you'd expect from a HomeCraft website. It presents products in very easy to access Etsy categories such as jewellery ; clothes and the eclectic Etsy Art .
Etsy features two apps: Etsy For iPhone giving you the ability to search for Handmade and Vintage items as well as access to the Etsy Treasury Lists, with the occasional Etsy Coupon thrown in for good measure. Sellers are also catered for with a host of merchant tools.


Etsy Lovers is a beautifully whimsical app that looks more crafted then coded and is especially designed for users of the quaint and trending store

So this festive season and on in to the future with January sales and beyond, remember that Shopping need not be as much of a chore with these shopping apps and more available on iPhone and iPad.

Naming Apps WYSIWYG

Have you ever wondered where these app get their names from?The Android Market and rivals are inundated with apps so it's interesting to see some of the marketing strategies that are coming out from app developers in a very congested market. Of course major app developers always have a trick or two up their sleeve and Sony has come up with an Ace of Spades by quite simply naming one of their new apps with a foolproof name that does exactly what it says on the packaging Video Trimmer. What does the app do, trim videos of course! https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sonydna.videotrimmer. The Video Trimming app has many rave reviews and is well worth checking out.
Superb marketing by Sony, wysiwyg(what you see is what you get) is strangely enough a concept not properly explored in the App Development game as developers try more and more outlandish names to make their creations stand out. Leave it to an old grandmaster like Sony to make back to basics fashionable again. As for the app in question, its simple and trimmed and the high quality you could expect from Sony. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6fUulEflgU&feature=player_embedded

Mobile Genres : Endless Running

Depending on a platforms capabilities there have always been certain genres associated with different platforms. The Nintendo Wii for example will always be associated with motion control games, normally of a childlike persuasion. Pc games will always be known predominantly for RTS and other mouse friendly games.
Touchscreen mobiles in the relatively short time they have been around have carved out a surprisingly large amount of genre niches. That is not to say that these types of games only exist on this platform but it would be hard to argue that touchscreens aren't the best suited for them.
This article is another one of our series articles in which Gametrender will discuss some of Smartphonings favourite genres. The one that is up on the podium this week is 'Endless Running'
A very reviewer friendly genre as it does exactly what it says. The character normally runs from left to right with inputs from the player normally limited to single finger jabs usually associated with an action like jumping. Scores are normally totted up by how far the character runs and the challenge is tempted up by adding obstacles along the way.
So far so simple, so you'll be asking what's good about it and why should you play it. I've chosen a brilliant endless runner called DIVERSION  https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ezone.Diversion&hl=en   as an example to show exactly how good a polished version of this genre can be.
Diversion is by far the best endless runner I've played. At first appearances it's apparent how much effort has gone into the game. The graphics are superbly rendered in 3d being easily on par with a mid generation Playstation One game. The music is all jingly and bouncy filled with adrenalin and hinting at the potential for manic kinetic energy.
The avatar you play with has a lot of personality. A female protagonist has been chosen perhaps in a cursory head nod to the legendary Mirrors Edge. The avatar its imbued with personality , and adding to the games sense of polish and fun is upgradeable. With lots of different outfits waiting to be bought or unlocked. Not only that but part of the fun is that each outfit bestows different skills which it is up to the player to find out.
On to the game itself, firstly it must be pointed out that it has lots and lots of levels, hence a lot of longevity.
Of course it wouldn't be up to much good if the levels lacked variety, but variety they do have in bucketloads-floating minse,slides,jumps,warps,ziplines to name a few. Timing is crucial on each of these as you attempt to get the highest score.

Diversion-Superb Endless Runner

And just when you thought that they couldn't possibly lavish any more love on this game then up they come with... Boss Battles! Very Impressive stuff and certainly a great poster child for app gamings beloved Endless Runner genre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMO8g_52O2w&feature=player_embedded 
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If you like this then read our follow up post

Android Games on holiday

Mobilephones have in recent times joined the staples of a man's pocket, adding to the dynamic duo of keys and wallet most people wouldn't consider leaving the door without their mobile phones also.

These miniature computers,thanks to app access now have virtually unlimited uses: communication device,gps,alarm,camera,watch being among some of the most basic functions that we can enjoy. However there are some hard engineering facts that stop us using them to their full potential: they're just too damned easy to break!

Engineers have done a superb job in recent use in making mobile components faster,cheaper,more reliable and ever more powerful, however there is a pressing need to make them much stronger. Recently on holiday I was spending a lot of time poolside and down the beach. I'd unconveniently forgotten my camera at home, but whereas my mobile normally quite easily fills that gap I was reluctant to expose it to the sand and heat of the beach. Swimming laps in the pool I thought to myself that my experience would be enhanced if I was able to time my laps using the phone or listen to music. With its built in accelorometer it would have also been great to have an app that could analyse my swimming stroke and give me advice. That app sadly will not be invented for the forseeable future as phones are not pool friendly. Even sat relaxing around poolside I was reduced to reading a Kindle as in direct sunlight my xPeria Play's screen was just too hard to see.

Again on a bicycle tour down the Majorcan coast I was reluctant to bring the phone for fear of knocking it, on another note functions such as Google Goggles and Google Maps would have made the bike trip more enjoyable, but international internet access rates are far too steep to to be using the bandwidth for such activities.

Motorola Defy:A step in the right direction

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From humble beginnings: Traditional gaming inspiring app gaming

Android gaming and smartphone gaming is arguably one of the most cutting edge fields in entertainment today, a developer has the ability to virtually create a game within a few hours, the tools and technology that developers and gamers have access evolve at a phenomenal rate. And more importantly unlike traditional gaming industries the Android market has a massive amount of freeware resource tools to draw on. But there is one issue that no amount of cutting edge tools can solve: that of creativity. The ideas of game designers must come from somewhere, recent games I've played give a very strong case for traditional non technological games being a very good source of inspiration.
  Pocket  Soccer by Rastergrid Entertainment http://rastergrid.com/blog/ especially got me thinking about this issue. The game it must be said is very good, with a slick presentation, three difficulty levels, lots of playability and polish. Of note was the way the game was played, on a simple playing field players take it in turn to push one of the players represented by a disc with the teams flag on it, to score goals. The influences are two fold with traditional football being a clear influence, flick football being another and interestingly enough the Rts staple of turn based games. Arguably without the developer drawing on these influences, whether consciously or not, the game of  Pocket Soccer would not exist.

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Crazy app downloads:Why did I do that?

Have you every looked on another persons phone? Not their messages or voicemail but actually what apps they have downloaded? It can be a very illuminating and sometimes downright scary experience. At a barbecue this past weekend it was getting to that time of night when most if not all conversations were exhausted and people were starting to deploy their smartphones enmasse. Another observation of the smartphone generation is that in one way they are very similar to baby boomers of a previous generation. It's never uncommon at parties of a certain age group for those with babies to trot them out and expect coos and aahs and suchlike from their captive audience. Well the smart phones who are infant less have found a way to retaliate! They bring out their phones, only of course if they are new and shiny enough not to be an embarrassment (the equivalent of a baby with a scary looking rash?) and like the other unlucky bloke across the room being regaled with baby stories the smartphoner feels obliged to show you what apps are on their phones. Well at this particular barbecue thankfully all the infants had been put to sleep leaving me at the mercy of a smartphoner. That is why at one in the morning I found myself being bored to death by a man smashing virtual bottles and being equally mystified as to why a thirty something year old would be deriving so much satisfaction from a talking, farting, drinking dog that you can beat up! On a positive note I was shown Sniper which is now on my to download list. It also made me realise how good the Gametrender concept actually is. Log onto gametrender.webs.com and you too could be having your own particular irritating app, drunk or sober, to bite or entertain with as you please. android games