Android phone and I are inseparable ever since I bought it. As the experience is phenomenal, I mindlessly used it for all my social web activities and the data charges really burnt a hole in my pocket 
Good thing about my jailed version of Android, I believe, is that it allows me to get my hands wet in writing applications for Android; otherwise, I will download applications from market and will never have the urge to try something which I never had done before. My jailed version does not have market application.
I love books and I buy them if the cover is attractive or if the write up in the backpcover is good. I now have become a little wise and stopped buying and I feel I probably miss good ones. I decided to write an application for Android which I can use to scan the code and find reviews of books while I am still in the book store. I want to use the bar code at the back cover and find reviews about them in the Internet.
I hear you shouting, “buddy, there are plenty of applications out there”. I know, but it is nothing like doing it yourself and in the process learn something new. I have the curiosity of a toddler and I believe that its my strength.
This is what I am planning in a nutshell.
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Scan the code
Identify the book
Go to twitter, blogs,amazon, Barnes and Nobles or wherever and get the reviews.
First cut, I am planning to view one review after the other
Second cut, I am planning to get the sentiments of the review and give a score based on the crowd wisdom
And I promise, I will publish the source and the apk and most of all my learnings
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