Monday 26 November 2012

Problem 2 Continued......

Solution

Well once we found a problem faced by many people who want to purchase certain items, we found that a very good solution would be a mobile app that would allow customers to have access to a centralized product database. Customers would be able to search for their desired products and then be able to find out all the various shops and malls they can find that item. A cool feature to include would be the ability of the app to automatically compare all the prices available and take into context the current location of the customer and decide the best place for him or her to purchase it.

Current System Research

With an idea at hand, we decided to look into the app market for any existing apps that can provide a similar service to the one we choose to offer. Immediately, we found quite a few apps that provide similar services but none of them were built for Malaysia. Also, very few took the customers location into context to find the nearest mall or shop. The link below shows some of the examples we found:




Where to go from here

As we have found out that there are many apps out there that are very close to what our solution is, we look at it as a good thing. First off, as there are no great shopping apps that are built for Malaysia, a huge user base exists that would look to use our app. Also, we do not need to start completely from scratch as there is a wide variety of apps that can give us the step up to develop a great shopping app.

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