[Year 12 IT Apps] Barcodes for mobile phones

[Adam Barbary]

This has been available in Japan for some time. My experience with it  
wasn't pleasant, but then it is bound to evolve. I had to take nearly  
10 pictures to get an image that could be decoded, and then it was  
just the URL of the company printed below the Datamatrix block, which  
I could have typed into the phone faster. LOL

Adam Barbary
Viewbank College

On 24/06/2008, at 8:33 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

> Regarding Datamatrix codes, Nathan writes,
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>> Many mobile phones can run software that can decode Datamatrix  
>> barcodes
>> using the camera built into the phone.  My fancy Nokia N95 has  
>> software
>> already installed in it but it is available for download for other  
>> Nokia
>> models and also many other models of phone.
>>
>> Datamatrix codes are popping up on some products and posters around  
>> the
>> place and contain information such as URLs, phone numbers, or address
>> details for businesses, etc.  Some people are putting them on  
>> business
>> cards for example so that the recipient would capture the phone  
>> number
>> straight into their phone.
>
> Seems like Datamatrix barcodes for mobile phones may become  
> ubiquitous?
>
> They have up to 250 characters of text etc at free online-code- 
> generators
> (eg: http://datamatrix.kaywa.com) and all phone companies seem to  
> support
> code-readers far as one can see?  A convenient way to acquire  
> information.
>
> Eg: http://www.semapedia.org
>
> Cheers Nathan
> Stephen Loosley
> Victoria Australia
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