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The whole needing an app kills it. If its built into the native camera to recognize these codes I can really see it taking off. No more needing to type long lan

The whole needing an app kills it. If its built into the native camera to recognize these codes I can really see it taking off. No more needing to type long landing page urls when you see a billboard or needing an exclusive short url when you can just point your camera and see the intended page open up on your iphone browser.

ericflo 15y ago
On Android that's how it is.
- recursive 15y ago
  I just got an Android phone, and it's not. Just now, I went to this website on my computer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code I took a photo of QR picture with the built in camera. Nothing. I have to use google goggles or something to interpret the QR code.
  - pyre 15y ago
    http://code.google.com/p/zxing/wiki/GetTheReader http://code.google.com/p/zxing/wiki/GetTheReader
    - recursive 15y ago
      That's not the point. I already have an app to do it. That's not built into the os. That's definitely an extra download.
      - pyre 15y ago
        I wasn't disagreeing.
mc32 15y ago
To add to that idea I think is that it obviates the need to remember and recall a website name for [later] retrieval, for example.