iPhone perfect for Mobile Bar Code Recognition Apps
I was surfing the net for more information about possible applications for mobile bar coding, when I came across an interesting article that talks about the possible uses of bar code technology with the Apple iPhone. Since the iPhone incorporates such new and innovative technology, it would very much enhance the usage of barcode recognition technology.
Imagine standing in line at a movie theater or concert, and scanning a barcode of a movie poster and instantly seeing the trailer for the movie through your video ipod. Or sampling an artist’s new album via instant podcasts or music tracks.
What about Christmas time. Knowing what all your friends and family want, you can slowly take photos of barcodes on products you see, and compile a list of stores for you Christmas shopping run. With the iPhone, you could automatically have a plotted map with directions from home in Google Maps, and have it all available with a new icon right on the home screen.
All this and more can be read in an article by Gregory Ng, on www.iPhoneMatters.com
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Do you know about QR Code?
That’s what you describe and already daily use of mobile phones in japan.
Help! What should I do if I am in a lg dept store (or similar) or in the lobby of a movie theater or even in a restaurant and I am seen using this function (or even just a simple old photo camera) and then I get quite meanly kicked out?
I mean literally. I mean I was taken to the door and asked not to return. No, I kid you not. Employees weakly cite the “competitiveness of today’s economy.” This has now happened to me not once, but twice, and I am very upset. There is no lookup phrase in the yellow pages for “kicked out of local WalMart because of using IPhone.
As always, first there was a list of excuses before actually getting thrown out, ranging from “the manager doesn’t allow it” to “that’s how people get organized in order to rob us.” None of these turned out to be true, of course.
My husband said that the technology which allowed music swapping and even playing your own CD on your laptop went through troubled times early on. But people are reacting with unwarranted paranoia to this technology. The news circuit may not have caught on yet, but I can imagine it won’t take long. And when they do, IPhone sales will not increase. If I pay this much for my technology, I want to be able to use all of the functions possible.
Otherwise, my money stays where it will do more good…….