You’ve got your insurance card, your grocery card, your other insurance card, your gym card, your library card, your bulk-supplier-of-choice card…that’s a lot of cards, and there are plenty of other memberships I’ve not even mentioned. Luckily, the clever folks at Mesa Dynamics have programmed an iPhone app to handle all that crap.
The app, called Cardstar, comes pre-programmed with some 130 merchants and retailers across the US, Canada, and the UK. An app is only as good as its ability to be tailored to personal needs, and luckily Cardstar delivers. The app allows you to add any card that may not already be in the database.
Even though Cardstar isn’t a particularly new app, I thought I’d post since it’s running right now for free, as opposed to the normal $.99.
According to Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda, the cost of Sony’s Playstation 3 is still 10% higher than the price. In the US that means Sony is losing $40 on every PS3 they sell. It’s certainly no secret that consoles typically follow this pricing pattern on launch, but to still be losing after two and a half years is surprising.