Features
(partial list)

• Use ScoutPal Live with any device that can communicate:
  • Cell phones/PDA's with WAP or HTML web browsers and data service.
  • A desktop or laptop computer, at http://ie.scoutpal.com
  • Any sort of phone (including landlines) using ScoutPal IVR (Interactive Voice Response).
• Use ScoutPalDB on a Windows Mobile Pocket PC and get abbreviated INSTANT Amazon lookups from a database. (Optional ScoutPal Live lookups when internet-connected.)
• With ScoutPal Live:
  • Get results from Amazon.com, and optionally uk.amazon.com, de.amazon.com, and abebooks.com.
  • Customize the content and format of your results of your results.  Examples:
  • Pare your results down to just the lowest price and sales rank.
  • Truncate the title by number of characters or words to conserve cell phone screen space.
  • Depending on your phone browser, add bold/italic/underline to each information item.
  • Search by ISBN or UPC for any item listed on Amazon by ISBN or UPC, including books, CD's, DVD's, games, other media forms, and even consumer goods like non-perishable groceries, electronics, tools, office supplies, etc.
  • Be alerted to Pending Pre-Orders.  ("buyer waiting")
  • Get a list of other/previous editions.  Very important for textbook searches!
  • Optionally search by Library of Congress number or title.
  • "Drill down" to the underlying 3rd party listings to see seller Nicknames, offering descriptions and prices, and feedback ratings.
  • Create your own custom result display formula.  Can be used to alert you when items meet your own "buy" criteria.
  • Get a "price graph" of pricing trends.  Useful for spotting pricing "lowball" anomalies that mask the true value of a book.
  • Select the number of lowest prices to be shown on the initial search screen.
  • Get notified when you search for a book that is in your own inventory alert list.
  • Get alerts on offerings from specific seller Nicknames.  Useful for weeding out offerings from sellers who "spam" the marketplace with inappropriate pricing.
• All ScoutPal services are compatible with EAN-13 bar code scans.
• Scan stealthy with the ScoutPalSE phone scanner systems.