Barcode Reader on the Nokia N95
Jul 19th, 2007 by Ben
Sitting in the sushi bar the other night I was furiously trying to use my new phone’s ‘Barcode Scanner’ software to scan the barcode in from a can of beer in front of me. It didn’t work. According to my girlfriend it wasn’t exactly my finest moment, but on the bright side I’ve now found out that the standard barcodes don’t work. The phone reads these different kinds of barcodes that are of a format called Data Matrix 2D. An example of which is on the right (you can scan it in if you’ve got the right software on your phone).
There’s an online tool you can use to make these barcodes here:
http://www.mobiledigit.de/dmcreator/index.html
I’m not sure what use to me this will ever be, but scanning barcodes off the computer screen with my phone fulfills the geek in me that little bit.
Apparently this type of barcode is pretty big in Asia where the kids wear barcodes on their t-shirts. Those crazy guys.
More information on Data Matrix codes here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datamatrix
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Nokia was having reader problems. Nokia knows this. There is a resolution problem on 1D codes in the past that I know of. Not only that but the brands need to know how to turn on the product.
There are a mobile platform named ‘qode’. This application lets the mobile user click on 1D, 2D, QR data matrix, logos, trademarks, keywords, slogans, RFID, billboard, etc. Review their IP at www.neom.com.
Neomedia Technologies along with HP, Publicis, Nokia, Gavitec, Active Print, and others are working on a Universal Reader for all mobile devices to read all codes. Check out MC2. Mobile Code Consortium.
This is all about the internet of things and IP owned by a company that has the key to unlock the mobile web.
Yahoo, Google, Microsoft all know about them. Everyone of these companies are tap dancing around the technology. Why did Microsoft drop their AURA program? Adaptable lens, what a joke. Google bought Neven Vision and talked about QR codes 2 years ago. Microsoft talked about it 2 years ago.
The information is out there. Who has the right answer? We may ALL find out soon.
Who will own the world wide highway reader to the internet of things?
“I’m not sure what use to me this will ever be”
few to consider, instead to taking a business card from a contact, scan in their code and save all their details without having to put them in individually.
have barcodes on large advertisements, want to contact the company/find info regarding the product being advertised? scan the code
want someone to txt/e-mail you having read your your blog? put in a barcode which sends out the txt/e-mail.
it is as it seems, for passing data in a form which is easily read, and can be saved with minimal input.