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> Compatible with every phone with a camera. > No need to build or use a dedicated app. Surely this is incorrect, except for phones with built in QR code rea
by corin_ 14y ago
> Compatible with every phone with a camera.
> No need to build or use a dedicated app.
Surely this is incorrect, except for phones with built in QR code readers - which certainly isn't every phone with a camera.
- kennu 14y agoNotably both Android and iPhone require you to install a third-party app in order to scan QR codes. I think if (when) this changes, QR codes will really become frictionless, since you no longer need to instruct the end-user how to first install a scanner app with a help label next to the QR code. Eventually people will "just know" what to do with QR codes, just like they already know what to do with http:// http:// or www. prefixed strings.
- jasonquinn 14y agoGoogle Goggles scans QR codes and it came installed on my Android phone.
- kalleboo 14y agoHe might be referring to competing systems like Microsoft's Tag which require a proprietary reader app, or the various image recognition apps for scanning billboards and movie posters. QR Codes are freely and openly licensed.
- edent 14y agoAs others have pointed out, I meant that there is a generic QR scanner for every phone. I didn't need to download the "Condiment Scanner" which was incompatible with "Heinz Scanner" etc. Interestingly, Windows Phone has a QR scanner built in to its visual search tool which is pre-installed with every device. Some Android phones have it installed. ISTR that BlackBerry comes with a scanner pre-loaded as part of BBM - but I haven't checked.