Mobile Barcodes

Without wanting to seem to be harping on about the iPhone, I found an excellent free app from the App Store for reading mobile barcodes, created by 2D Sense. The reason it is so good is that it allows the iPhone to scan not one, but six types of barcode;

• QR Code
  
• ShotCode
  
• BlotCode
  
• VisualCodes
  
• Data Matrix
  
• Dandilion
  

I hadn't even heard of BlotCodes, or Dandilion. Perhaps thats why there is a problem with the barcodes taking off, too much fragmentation, however the iPhone app that allows all of them to be scan, clearly shows that there is an answer to the problem.

I'm not sure how big the app is (file size) maybe that would be a limiting factor for some phones, or maybe cost.

I've only tested the Shotcodes, my preferred barcode, and it works well.

I look forward to seeing more codes used in POS and advertising!