Android barcode scanner app- shopsavvy

mkennedy

Anyone have this app.
Apparently, it scans a product's barcode and compares its price with nearby stores.
Sounds great.

Here's a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgkSZS6o050

mkennedy

^Just added a Youtube video.
As i said, pretty cool app.

strecker

mkennedy wrote: »

^Just added a Youtube video.
As i said, pretty cool app.

Would have to be smartcodes though, eh?

mkennedy

strecker wrote: »

Would have to be smartcodes though, eh?

What do you mean?

strecker

mkennedy wrote: »

What do you mean?

I was just assuming it works like the other barcode scanners, with 'smart' barcode! They are common in japan etc, but rare here in Ireland!
But maybe I'm wrong?

Davy

strecker wrote: »

I was just assuming it works like the other barcode scanners, with 'smart' barcode! They are common in japan etc, but rare here in Ireland!
But maybe I'm wrong?

Are you talking about 2D barcodes? They can be easily read using a camera phone but are rarely used here.

Firefox have an add-on for 2D barcodes.

Nokia Link

Nokia had created their own square barcodes, where you can encode URL's, messages and even phone numbers into the image. The phone can then scan the image, and read the contents of the message.

The scaner in the video is reading a 1D barcode which can be done with ZebraScan already.

Oafley Jones

davton wrote: »

Are you talking about 2D barcodes? They can be easily read using a camera phone but are rarely used here.

Firefox have an add-on for 2D barcodes.

Nokia Link

Nokia had created their own square barcodes, where you can encode URL's, messages and even phone numbers into the image. The phone can then scan the image, and read the contents of the message.

The scaner in the video is reading a 1D barcode which can be done with ZebraScan already.

He's probably talking about QR codes.

Davy

Oafley Jones wrote: »

He's probably talking about QR codes.

Same thing as 2D codes