ScanLife iPhone App Now Available For Free
ScanLife, which is a pretty cool barcode recognition app for mobile devices, has launched a free app- available in the App Store now. The barcodes can launch iTunes to purchase or sample a music track, or likewise, open YouTube to play a video. It’s yet another perfect marketing tool tailored to the iPhone’s innovative functions an UI.
People can also create their own 2D barcodes @ ScanLife.com. The app is available for several other mobile devices and platforms as well, including BREW, Java, Symbian, Palm, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile.
[Via The Pondering Primate]
I had my friend download the ScanLife application to his iPhone so I could give it a test drive.
For starters, the application can only read and decipher proprietary EZcodes. Unfortunately the ScanLife application offers no support for 1D UPC/EAN barcodes, or Data Matrix, Aztec, or QR codes. This is the major downfall of the application, since it only supports one proprietary 2D symbology. As a result, ScanLife is not a true universal code reader.
For those wanting a much more intuitive mobile code reading experience, I highly recommend the NeoReader application from NeoMedia Technologies. The NeoReader is able to read and decipher all common non-proprietary 2D codes (Data Matrix, QR, Aztec) as well as URL embedded 2D codes and all 1D UPC/EAN/Code 128 open source codes. The NeoReader supports direct and indirect code linking, which guarantees maximum interoperability with already existing platforms like 2D Data Matrix Semacodes, and Japanese QR links. This allows the user to click on a variety of barcodes with a single application installed on their mobile device.
Download the NeoReader and instantly transform your iPhone into a universal code reader.