OK, so my lovely new N95 has a barcode reader built in.
Which is great, I can see a lot of potential there. However, I can't seem to get it to read EAN13 barcodes, only '2d matrix' ones.
Would I be right in assuming that this product doesn't do that? And if so, are there any alternatives? Whilst the various 2d matrix codes are nice and wonderful, that's not quite what I'm after.
(Although I am thinking that I need to start putting 2d labels on my servers now)
a lot of potential??! do hope thats sarcasm :P
i think it only reads the little square ones (like on the inside of your N95 battery compartment - good luck scanning that one!).
You can create your own codes to hide messages for people - see the Nokia Beta Labs page (http://www.nokia.com/betalabs) or more directly, here (http://83.145.232.112/) for more info.
Certainly has some geek potential 😊
Actually this is a massive usage in Japan that is spreading across the globe. In Japan you find adverts, posters, magazines etc with them and more commonly, every businessman has one on his business card so the recipient can scan it straight into the phone!
For a real practical situation, imagine this:
You see poster for a gig you are interested in. The poster has a QR code (2D barcode), you scan it and the resulting link takes the phone browser straight to a secure site where you buy tickets!
It really does have a lot of potential. It is also useful if you want to view a web page on your phone to save typing in a long address. I have a firefox plugin which generates the barcode for the page you are on when you hover over a status bar icon. You can then scan that straight off the screen for future use on your phone!
Here is one for my website for example:
Do you have the link for that plugin? Or the name so i can find it on the firefox site?
i also thought this feature was rubish .. but after i looked into it there could be a lot of potential here ...
well heres my website
You can actually read several types of barcodes. Including the ones on food packages (not that there's anything useful there).
There's several type of matrix 2D bar codes than can be read too.
i try scanning and when pressing options it doesn't let me save or show the results???
nutter426 wrote:Do you have the link for that plugin? Or the name so i can find it on the firefox site?
Its called Mobile Barcode, here is the link:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2780
mts81 wrote:i try scanning and when pressing options it doesn't let me save or show the results???
you have to hold the phone untill it bleeps without pressing anything (you have to hold it quite steady and for a few seconds) once its has bleeped you can save the data
EntraVenuS wrote:you have to hold the phone untill it bleeps without pressing anything (you have to hold it quite steady and for a few seconds) once its has bleeped you can save the data
Yep, you also need to try and get the phone square with the image, it seems much faster if it is. When its at an angle it works slower or sometimes not at all.
Rafe wrote:You can actually read several types of barcodes. Including the ones on food packages (not that there's anything useful there).