If refrigerators had feelings, they’d be crying ice cubes right now. The Samsung RF4289 is the ultimate fridge for the ultimate price. Starting this May, this refrigerator will be available in stores for $3,499. It comes in 36-inch and 33-inch models and has more technology than you ever thought was necessary in a refrigerator.

Food data. That’s what ShopWell has and is willing to share it. The best thing it is intended to be customizable – the stuff you want out of food is probably different than I want. New users to their website are treated to just a few steps to get started. Users select things they want more »

Even little suburban towns cannot escape the march of technology as this past weekend saw the introduction of Scan It: a self scan/self check system of getting your groceries. High tech groceries? Yes, and the benefits are for both store and for us shoppers.

Hello Moto?

In their free time, when not designing $2000 cell phones, the team at Motorola is coming up with handheld scanners, like the one imaged above. Upon checking in at the scanner kiosk/recharging station, a simple scan of my store loyalty card releases a scanner to shoppers. The scanners feature a barcode scanner and a color screen complete with sounds. . . .

Hungry in the Big Apple? Of course you are! Hate standing in lines while a plastic gloved sandwich artist prepares your sandwich and love to text? Of course! Subway’s new “Subway Now” service allows customers to use the SMS functionality of their phone to place an order.

I can hear you already: “I don’t want to type out all the toppings I want!” Right you are. When you sign up for the service (which you must do to use) you’ll enter your favorite sandwich combos. Upon texting “Menu” to the company, they shoot back your favorites. Then you make selections based on that. Two texts and you’ll have your order confirmation and a time to swing by.

Back in May, MyFoodPhone was introduced as a way to visually capture what you eat by using your Sprint picture phone. The service allows Sprint users to send a picture of their food to a nutritional advisor on a daily basis. For a fee of $9.99, the subscriber will receive information on a biweekly from more »