Nokia Barcode Reader for N73 and N80 Now Available

**sigh** did you guys not read? Each phone has to have a specific version of this app, as each camera is different. So a .sis for the N73 version wouldn't work right on your E50.

Also, peep Darla's Blog , she found a great link to a FireFox Plugin that lets you create a barcode instantly for any URL you're browsing. I've got it installed and it's freakin great!
 
I assumed from Tommi's blog post that it would be available for both at the same time. I haven't personally confirmed that it's available on the N80. If not, I'll edit the post to say so.
 
I was comparing Nokia Barcode Reader (nbr) to another barcode scanner program called Quickmark (qm) using my N80.
It seems that qm can return data much faster than nbr.
For the same barcode and under same lighting condition, qm takes 1 sec and nbr takes 2-3 sec.
qm has zoom in/zoom out and nbr doesn't.
The good thing about nbr is that you can save scanned data.
 
Where did you get the installation file for your N80. I checked their website, they only list s60v2 devices. I'd like to do a comparison.

(Note, in the Nokia one you can disable zoom)
 
Wirelessly posted (The Eliteness: BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/107)



Absolutely nothing. It's just another "cool look what irrelevant task my phone can do" app available for non-business handsets (the only market segment that would actually end up making practical use of it).



I find 90% of all non-stock .sis apps to be extremely useless and/or redundant.
 
i'm not sure about the others but in my case the barcode reader will be very helpful. in my line of work i deal with japanese clients a lot. many of them have QR codes on their name cards. if i can simply decode it with my phone and save the name and numbers into contacts, it'll be a huge lifesaver for me. that's why i've been trying get a barcode reader for my N73 since the day i got the phone.
 
I think screenshots and the various file explorers are the only real "must haves" otherwise the majority are fairly useless. Maybe both operas as well but i always use the default browser now.
 
Perhaps it is useless, but it's kinda neat, and more important is the fact that it's becoming more popular. Like someone else mentioned, having the barcode on say a business card makes it easy to import the contact.

Being in the advertising industry, i see HUGE potential for this. If I'm making an ad for a magazine, newspaper, or even internet (i scanned Darla's with my phone, so it works over a monitor) then I can put this on there, it takes up VERY little space, and provides more information to my consumer. I can also put a code in there, or a link that can only be found through that barcode, and I now have a database of interested people, cause I'd know that to get to that webpage, you'd have to have scanned my barcode.

We're obviously not there yet, but the more phones get a barcode reader like this, then the consumer education process can start, and then it's a HUGE tool for marketers.

However, for the here and now, and probably at least the next 2-3 years, I'll agree 100%, it's a pretty useless, but nifty app.
 
It didn't appear on my N73 either at first but once you open the Download! folder go to options and refresh the list. It should appear then.
 
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