Microsoft has their own take on this now with Microsoft Tag. Jason Langridge's blog shows us a picture comparing Microsoft's HCCB format Tag as compared to QRCode and Datamatrix codes where Tags can be smaller in size and are multi-colored rather than black and white.
Microsoft's Tag concept takes the concept to the next level, though, by including a reporting mechanism that logs every time someone scans one of your codes, even if it's just a vcard. And there is an option in the application for your phone to allow location tracking, so you can now when and where someone scans your code.
The application is available for Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm OS, Android, and iPhone.
Links:
- Download the app to your phone via http://gettag.mobi/
- Try creating your own tags at http://tag.microsoft.com/
- Microsoft Tag's team blog http://blogs.msdn.com/tag/
- Lots of details at http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2009/01/19/microsoft-tag.aspx and http://www.microsoft.com/tag/content/what/
1 comment:
What a scam, the bar code represents an index to a database. There is no "Reader" per se, try reading anything without a connection to the internet.
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