Excited about an iphone app called ScanLife 2D Barcode Reader.
Don't get this confused with Barcode, the digital matrix reader app. ScanLife 2D, currently free, allows you to scan barcodes of products which redirects you to the products website/ related information.
Being a socially conscience consumer I will be looking forward to a third app which will provide information about the companies environmental history or ethical treatment of employee's etc. It would be interesting if we saw a site like corporatewatch.com develop an app to integrate with website.
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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.
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