Barcode Scanning a la G1

[mrrippey]

I did a search to see if anyone was working in this but I just used my co-workers G1 and although I was not super impressed with the phone, that actual application I see as something that would rock. Think about it, goto a store, scan a LCD, find the internet price (usually lower than the store) and negotiate from there with the sales person. Very useful and simple. Tried it with a can of Mountain Dew and it actually came back with results.

That is a cool app, if I had time (or deep knowledge) to develop, I would build this.

Anyway, hope someone is.

As always, site rock!

Rippey

[Poseidon79]

The iPhone does not have infared so this is not a possibility.

[mrrippey]

The iPhone does not have infared so this is not a possibility.

From what I saw, it used the camera to "read" the barcode image and I am assuming the Google API takes that image and renders the equivalent barcode and does its thing. Very slick actually. I thought it used IR but it does not.

Rippey

[Jafuah]

They have something like this working on mac's with isight cameras.

Barcode scanner

[mrrippey]

I guess it can be done for the iPhone since they are the same OS basically.

Rippey

[Spamdumpster]

I think there are a couple of appstore apps that do this. One's called checkout smartshopper.

[mrrippey]

seems like they are not getting good reviews but I am glad that there is something.

Thanks for the heads up

Rippey

[StealthBravo]

Snap tell works really well for dvds and books

[jnjanonymous]

i think there's an app where you take a picture of the product instead of the bar code ? i'm not sure i just remember hearing this

[jdas]

The iPhone's camera does not have a high enough resolution to accurately capture a typical UPC barcode (what's scanned in the grocery store checkout aisle).