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GoPriceIt uses Amazon.com''s web services to obtain pricing information for books from ISBN values.
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You're probably wondering what's so useful about this service, since it's surely simpler to go straight to Amazon.com and type in the name of the item rather than enter a multi-digit numeric code. The web interface to the service is a convenience. This site is primarily designed to be accessed from a Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) application running on a J2ME-enabled cellphone. Entering alphabetic characters with a telephone keypad is no fun at all, but entering numbers is trivial! A perfect way to use the cellphone's limited input capabilities.
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For full details on the J2ME application, see the source code page. Incidentally, the source code for this website (a servlet/JSP-based site running in Tomcat 4.1) is also included.
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The creator of this site is Eric Giguère, a well-known author and software developer in the J2ME community. Eric's personal website is www.ericgiguere.com and he can be contacted at ericgiguere@ericgiguere.com.
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