Sprint Announes Scanning App for Feature Phones
Nov 11, 2008, 9:52 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Today Sprint announced a new application for feature phones called ScanLife. The app allows users to scan 2D barcodes on products or marketing materials and be taken to a specific Web site, provided with a ringtone or screensaver download, begin a streaming video clip or receive contact info. ScanLife is a free application and works on over 30 Sprint phones. Sprint will add to the list of compatible models in the coming weeks.
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Comments
Another :CueCat failure?
I'm just wondering, since it just seems like an updated version of Digital Convergence Corporation's :CueCat program, is it doomed to meet the same failure?
I just don't see consumers taking this too seriously.
I just don't see consumers taking this too seriously.
The :CueCat was a revolutionary product launched back in 2000 that came way before its time. It had tremendous disruptive potential from a technology standpoint, but the drawback with the :CueCat was that it was a "tethered" device -- meaning the user...
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Walled garden approach
Which would you rather have?
1) You scan a barcode on a book and your phone pulls up whatever the creator wants you to see - ads, etc.
2) You scan a barcode on a book and it pulls up whatever information you want about it - prices in other stores, reviews, whether its at your local library, etc.
Choice #2 is obviously more consumer-friendly.
Am I reading this wrong, or did Sprint just go with Choice #1?
The "we'll tell you want you want and you'll like it" approach is going the way of the dinosaur - or at least it should.
1) You scan a barcode on a book and your phone pulls up whatever the creator wants you to see - ads, etc.
2) You scan a barcode on a book and it pulls up whatever information you want about it - prices in other stores, reviews, whether its at your local library, etc.
Choice #2 is obviously more consumer-friendly.
Am I reading this wrong, or did Sprint just go with Choice #1?
The "we'll tell you want you want and you'll like it" approach is going the way of the dinosaur - or at least it should.
It's a free app. Of course they will force adverts down your throat. I'm sure there will be a paid application that does what you want it to do, if it's not out already. For the low low price of $10 a month or something. 😛
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i am very confused how this works
can anybody tell me how this would work on a Palm 755p Please i am so confused
Thanks
James L
Thanks
James L
You will need an Auto-focus camera
It does not seem to work with a fixed focus.
My Mogul is 2mp fixed focus and could not get it to work.
My Mogul is 2mp fixed focus and could not get it to work.
