"Pull" Barcode Scanning Could Be Android's Killer App

Seor Jojoba writes "The release of T-Mobile's G1 Smartphone is shifting focus away from push-based barcode scanning, where embedded URLs send you to locations of a vendor's choosing. There is now more interest in pull-scanning, where product information is retrieved from user-specified sources. It may be that QR-Codes and other 2D barcodes will have their thunder stolen by 1970s-era linear barcodes. On the iPhone, scanning a 1D barcode is slow and unreliable. But the G1's improved optics and Android's improved access to image scans has made 1D scanning quick and useful, opening the gateway for killer apps that help people make spending decisions."

Comments

Re:Oh, god, no.

[Anonymous Coward]

...in 40 years I would hope a robotic car can deliver it and put it away in my house.

That's right robo-grocer! Put those groceries away! If anyone needs me, I'll be in the holodeck doing a virtual 3-way with "v-teens gone wild".

Re:smells like a polecat

[konohitowa]

You missed the point. Cuecats were given away with Radio Shack catalogs, which included the bar code for almost every item listed.

Mine came with my Wired subscription...

Re:iPhone slow and unreliable because of 2M camera

[binarylarry]

Oh baby, don't be so negative.

I'm karmkarmakarmakarmkarmachemeleon...

Re:Freedom is the killer app

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

Pretty drunk so please dont mod me harshley for this mini rant

+1 en vino veritas?

Re:Freedom is the killer app

[darthdavid]

Wow, a grammar Nazi for a dead language...

Re:Freedom is the killer app

[Miseph]

I live in the Vatican, you insensitive clod!

Disclaimer: I don't actually live in the Vatican.