There we go. iPhone user can now read 2D codes with iMatrix. It is an app developed by an non-related to Apple company that decodes QR-Codes.
If Apple sees iPhone as an internet access device in the future they should soon include this reader (even a built-in solution) or a solution to read 2D codes. This would be both a way to consolidate the iPhone and 2D codes as they to link mobile internet to the real world.
Vía: iPhoneApps
We recently found and ZXing Home Page an interesting application that decodes a QR on-line without the need of the phone,etc…
You just need either to upload an image o provide a URL and it will return you the content of the QR-Code.
It is a pretty useful application for geeks like us, so in case you are testing codes and you don’t need to use your phone. It is as useful as ironic.
Last January 9th we wrote about ZXing project. It is an open-source QR-Code reader developed under Google Code culture.
From our blog we are not clever enough to help coders on the development. The only thing we can do is to communicate and support it.
We believe it would be one of the best solutions in order to spread the usage of QR-Codes. So far supported moodels are quite few and language is very technical too.
Keep it up and good luck!
* UPDATE 17/04/08
We just got a comment from Sean Owen (one of ZXing project owners). Make sure you read it.
We are happy to know that they are in contact with mc2. Good luck ZXing!
As we said in our post “Yes, Size Matters… but not that much” the main problem of mobile phones in order to read a small 2D code are its limited optical (macro/focus). They do very badly in short distance.3, 2, 1… Attachable lens to mobile phone cams. ¡Whoooaaa!
We found in the coders’ section at Google project Zxing (definition is copied+pasted below).
Why? There are several great readers out there, and there are bits of open-source code already for decoding, but not both at the same time. We want everyone to have access to some great source code to play with, so we decided we’d try an experiment, and open up our in-progress effort. Maybe some of it will be useful to you — maybe you can help improve it.” (Source Google)
At this point the status of the project is “pre-alpha“, but it can become a great project. Great name, great logo, great idea. ¡Good luck!
That is the 1M$ question and we haven’t answered it yet in a post. t is very easy… FALSE!!
The software and phones companies are slowly agreeing and new terminals are including this feature. So far, in order to be able to decode a QR in our cellphone we need to download applications through SMS, internet or via Bluetooth. It is far to be an invisible and transparent technology.
In our tab “QR-Code Readers” we collected a series of webs where you can find different readers.
As we repeat in different posts, this technology has a high penetration degree in Japan since they use more advanced cellphones and have agreed in standards more efficiently.
¡We have to be ready!
We also recommend the presenter’s website (“geek” according to her own words)www.giamilinovich.com.
Just like that. After installing this software you can capture and read QR-Codes straight from your PC using a webcam. In order to download the program registration is recquiered but is’s easy, quick and free.
Manual and detailed features. User’s manual (.pdf)
Although QuickMark has its own 2D code the reader also reads QRs.
There is a section in their website that shows interesting possibilities of 2D codes. It’s a beta program, but we are sure it will quickly develop.