QR DataMatrix codes

Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by James.
Categories: Code.

A couple of days ago I got a sexy new phone; the E65. I made the choice to get it over the N95, because everyone I know with an N95 complains that it’s a brick and the battery is crap. I’m very very happy with my E65, but one of the guys in the office was showing off his N95 and he had an app mine didn’t; the “barcode reader”.

After much investigation from us both, we discovered that is doesn’t read barcodes, but datamatrix and QR codes. In retaliation, I downloaded a reader for my E65 called i-nigma, which works a shit load faster and more reliably than the N95 one! 😉

So obviously after all that, I had to go and make my own QR code 😉

Blog QR Code

Nokia have a code creator on their site, but it makes the datamatrix type, which aren’t as pretty 🙂

After all this investigation, I’m left wondering if anyone will actually bother using these things! Pretty much every mobile phone now has a camera in it, so everyone could be using these things, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these things on the street.

5 comments.

Emily

Comment on August 23rd, 2007.

ok so I would need a dictionary to understand most of that post, but it sounds very cool and makes me think you’re sort of smart!

Diamondback

Comment on August 24th, 2007.

Check out the new NeoReader. http://www.qode.com

From what I have been following up on, this mobile platform will be more than just a 2D reader. It gives the consumer the ability to nevigate the physical world in one click. 1D, 2D, UPC, keywords, logos, trademarks, slogans, RFID, billboards, etc, and the consumer get instant feed back on their mobile device.

I heard that it reads 5 different types of codes currently up to 7-10 by end of the year.

Jason

Comment on August 24th, 2007.

How useful is a barcode reader to the average user? Furthermore, wouldn’t its usefulness be hinged on how much data you could hold on you phone in a database with the corresponding information?

James

Comment on September 5th, 2007.

It’s not a database lookup like in a supermarket barcode. These codes are actually data encoded as computer readable pictures.

chris

Comment on January 27th, 2008.

They are all over the place in Japan. the promo for “28Weeks later” film used them in London last year. Once more people in the west have smart/3G phones that have the software, these will pop up, they can be a great deal of fun.

I will be using them in the next for months for some promo stuff

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