US mobile operator Sprint has teamed up with Scanbuy to launch information 2D barcodes. What? OMG. The most boring long winding press release which should have explained what a 2D barcode is in one sentence but unfortunately goes on and one about “black and white code..” basically is saying that the ScanLife application is now available on ...

Years ago, barcode-reading handsets look appalling, and as a result, the ability of these phones to interpret barcodes is exchanged by the buyers for striking designs. Today, iPhone presents a different story. Supported by ScanBuy, an application that can detect any 2D barcode is now available via iPhone. Buy just photographing the barcode, your device

OK. OK. Mobile barcodes are hot property. Everyone is talking about them even the girls at Mindshare are getting all hot over them. Yikes even mobile barcode guru Scott Seaborn (yikes did I spell that right) has joined OgilvyOne - so mobile agencies are giddy over codes. Google has added barcodes to its mobile ad services ...

When, on the 30th of October, you walk out your local T-Mobile Shop with your brand new G1 Google Android phone, what applications will you be able to download? Well, I’ll tell you. We’ve got the list from T-Mobile: - - - - - Shopping Barcode Scanner v2.1 – Scans and recognises the barcode of any product ShopSavvy – Compares prices

Rating: OMG by Bena Roberts So this article in the International Herald Tribune states That Google's CEO phoned Yahoo! CEO to try and...

You knew it was bound to happen, didn’t you? Today, CTIA announced the new Camera-Phone Based Barcode Scanning White Paper, using input from the nation’s leading carriers. The white paper is meant to help define, develop and promote an open system for camera-phone 2D barcode scanning in the US market. It will also help companies

Sprint today announced that its customers can now install the ScanLife from Scanbuy, a 2D barcode scanning software for mobile phone. Using the ScanLife application, Sprint customers can scan the barcode and be sent to a Web site on their Sprint phone that will contain, if found, pricing, availability and additional product information. For example,

A global leader in mobile marketing solutions, Scanbuy, has announced an agreement with Samsung Electronics to preload the ScanLife mobile 2D barcode application on Samsung’s camera phones. ScanLife technology uses camera phones to connect the physical world to the digital world, and reads EZcodes and other major 2D barcode formats designed to quickly recognize

CTIA announced today the release of the "Camera-Phone Based Barcode Scanning White Paper," on behalf of its Carrier Code Scanning Action Team. Utilizing industry-wide input from the nation's leading carriers, the White Paper's purpose is to help define, develop, and promote a multi-layer, open ecosystem for camera-phone 2D barcode scanning in the U.S. market.

I think the term total disappointment when I read the latest white paper from the CTIA action group to be an over statement. I do think that this type of paper is necessary. In fact I do love some of the images and it’s great to see barcode eco-systems. But I was disappointed. Why? It seems that here ...