2010 List: Apps for Holiday Shopping

These are a few apps to maximize your holiday shopping experience and save a little money.

Barcode Scanners

Beetagg: Barcode Scanner handles bar codes – including 2D QR codes. Also lets you look up the associated product or URL for instant price checks and comparison-shopping.

 Barcode Scanner: Barcode Scanner handles bar codes, including 2D QR codes. Lets you look up the associated product or URL for instant price checks and comparison-shopping.

Geolocation

Facebook: You can update your Facebook page on the fly with their mobile version. You can even update your Facebook Places profile, which lets people know where you’re eating, drinking, relaxing or just hanging out.

Foursquare: Ready to “check-in” to your favorite restaurant, bar, mall or retail store? If you do it enough, you’ll become Mayor or be eligible for discount coupons.

Gowalla: Much like Foursquare, Gowalla allows you to share your location with friends, all the while accumulating digital souvenirs that may be redeemable for real life rewards.

Yelp: This application can give you restaurant reviews on the fly. Better still, their augmented reality mobile application lets you look through your mobile screen and places tags with reviews over the restaurants on that street.

Shopping Apps

Scoutmob: This website allows you to get coupons for local stores and restaurants sent to your phone that you can redeem by simply showing the cashier the text message.

 Shopkick: This app allows you to collect Kickbucks for simply walking into stores or scanning products in the store with your phone. The Kickbucks can then be redeemed for cool prizes like gift cards, iPads, music downloads and more.

ShopSavvy: You can use your phone’s camera to scan any bar code and receive a list of prices and inventory information for the same product at local stores and online retailers, ensuring you get the lowest price every time.

*Apps Descriptions courtesy of Jamie Turner (@60SecondTweets)