I am not quite sure why, but, in the last 12 hours I’ve had half a dozen or so people have asked me about QR Code readers for BlackBerry so I figured that I would write a post about them.
If you know what QR Codes are and you just want to download a reader for your BlackBerry, I’ve found two that seem to work well:
If you are asking yourself what the heck is a QR Code and why would you need a QR Code Reader on your BlackBerry, you may want to read here…
If you know of any other good QR Code reader for BlackBerry, leave us a comment and tell us about it. Something tells me that QR Codes are going to become more and more popular as do mobile devices that can easily connect to the web.
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If these mobile tags have any chance to take off in the US, I think Microsoft Tag will be the one to do it. Check out there tag reader. I’ve never seen a QR-CODE in the US, but I have seen A Microsoft Tag used on a few products.
I don’t know Michael. QR Codes are starting to become popular in the U.S. and are pretty much standard on the rest of earth.
I guess I can’t edit my last post to fix a typo and add these URLs.
For the MS tag reader software go to http://gettag.mobi on your blackberry, iphone, mobile device. Or to learn more about it check out http://www.microsoft.com/tag
I’ve found I have the best experience with MobileTag (http://www.mobiletag.com/en/index.php) however, my version seems to be in French. Still works well, though – if nothing else, my French is improving.
I haven’t used it much, but the National Post uses ScanLife barcodes (http://www.scanlife.com/atlantis/) to link some of their articles to the web.
I think this will start to take of too. I just saw an episode of CSI New York where a QR Code helped solve a murder.
@Robb… nice touch adding your url in the image on this post.
Oh, this is sweet.
I just installed the Neo Reader application.
I’ve been using Okotag for a while now. The interface is fairly simple (2 buttons), and it automatically directs you to content, for example immediately to a website. I just installed NeoReader to see how it is.
Okotag – http://www.okotag.com/home/
I just watched a video showing the new BlackBerry Messenger using QR Codes to add users to your contact list.
http://www.berryreview.com/2009/07/14/blackberry-onyx-blackberry-messenger-caught-on-video/
Pretty Sweet…
Hi there,
UpCode are one of the world’s top developers and providers of code reading applications for mobile. Download one for 100’s of different phone models free at – http://www.upcode.com/page/1346211
The full range of Blackberry readers will be officially released in a few weeks time but meanwhile you can download the prerelease one at http://www.upcode.fi/bb
To find out more about what you can do with mobile and 2D visit our home page at – http://www.upcode.com
Quick background – using Mobiles as ‘code readers’ has been going on for a few years now, stemming out of Japan originally but extending around the globe and gathering pace and getting noticed in the last 12-18 months.
Commonly used for connecting to a url by ‘pointing your mobile at a 2D code’ but, unlike Japan the readers are not preloaded (yet) and need you to download yourself.
There are a vast number of other uses and applications but these are not all consumer facing.
The top companies can read ‘open source codes’ which are QR as illustrated above, and Data Matrix, some can reda 1D barcodes too – those to go for are UpCode, Scanbuy, NeoMedia, BeeTagg and 3GVisions (i-nigma) – these are established and reliable companies who are being used around the world in various applications.
To find out more about what you can do with mobile and 2D visit our home page at – http://www.upcode.com
A large insurance company just recently switched their senior executive to i-Phones because of the superior scanning capabilities for applications like mobile banking and QR scanning.
QR Codes are here to stay and will always have a place, especially direct encoding solutions. Proprietary and indirect encoding solutions like Microsoft Tag will have a limited place but they are not practical for 1to1 applications which is where the real power of QR Codes lies.
QR Code is MASSIVE in Japan. They are EVERYWHERE. Drink tops, sandwich wrappers, literally EVERYTHING. I found them to be highly useful but the Japanese phones had an infared reader so there was no need to use the camera.
You do not need to install any 3rd party apps to read QR codes guys.. If you have BBM 5.0 it’s built in. Check out this post: http://www.blackberrytune.com/blackberry-messenger-5-0-exciting-new-feature-built-in-qr-code-reader/