On January 13th we submitted an updated version of ShopSavvy to Apple for review.  Yesterday we got a note saying that our update was not being accepted because our description included a note about our current version suggesting that if it was crashing you would need to reboot your phone.  Evidently that is against the rules.  We explained that the update fixed the problem and that as soon as the update was accepted we planned to update the description.  But just to be safe we resubmitted the binary and removed the offending note from the description in iTunes (sorry to those of you who are still downloading the old version).  Anyway, it is now the 16th and we are hopeful that it will be accepted on Monday.  So much for the 30 hour review for updates.  The new version of ShopSavvy includes:

• Get Directions Update – now you can get turn-by-turn directions (in map view) inside of ShopSavvy without leaving to to the Maps application (of course you can still open the Maps.app if you really want to). This is pretty huge – not sure of any other apps doing this (if you know of one let me know ASAP so I can call Jake’s bluff).
• Augmented Reality Feature – we call it ‘Radar’ inside of ShopSavvy.  Now you can view products in list view, map view or RADAR view.  Try it out, it is lots of fun.
• Web Browsing Feature – this new feature allows you to browse retailers websites inside of the app without leaving (i.e. you don’t have to open MobileSafari each time) making browsing faster.
• Email Feature – this new feature allows you to email products to yourself (or friends) without leaving the app and launching the Mail.app – again making the experience faster.

The thesis of this update (besides fixing our bugs and making scanning work better) is to keep users inside of the app as much as possible creating a seamless shopping experience.  Let us know what you think.