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I like the idea. I am probably a member of your exact target market: I often wander into a bookstore or library to kill time, but don't always have a notepad with me to jot down titles that look interesting. If I had an iPhone I'd use Amazon's app, but I don't.

I could barely understand the synthesized voice (there was a lot of hissing and other artifacts when I called; I'm nearly certain they weren't on my end of the connection).

I tried a few ISBN's of books I recently purchased on Amazon and fonefu found all 3 titles, but it only gave a price on the one that was available directly from Amazon. I don't know if this is intentional on your part, or a limitation of whatever Amazon API you are using, or what. At any rate perhaps you could make the limitation more clear?

When I went back to the website, I typed my phone number in the 555-555-5555 format like the example. However my login attempt was rejected a few times before I thought to try 5555555555 instead.

As a non-Friendfeed user I am left wondering why Amazon wishlists aren't also supported as an export target. Maybe another API limitation (not your fault)?

I'm going to add the 877 number to my phonebook - if the voice becomes easier to understand I may become a regular user.



You are totally my target audience - I had better make you a regular user :)

The synth voice is less than ideal, I'm looking at other options, but they get expensive quickly. One possibility is to use a better codec on the web server. Added to the 'todo' list.

The number - That is a strange bug, I thought I had fixed it a while back. I'll correct it soon.

I'll have to look into wishlists - exporting them is a neat idea, and probably won't be a lot of work if the API support it.

Thanks for your thoughts. As you continue to use it, please feel free to give me feedback: ajay@fonefu.com.


You could at least have a greeting and some options read by a real person.




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