Scanning Barcodes from the iPhone

[Apple Pie]

Came across this article - Geeknuz editors tried to get an infrared scanner at the Apple Store to scan a receipt barcode from the screen of the iPhone. Alas, it failed. I guess we won't be buying movie tickets online and scanning our way into the theater with the iPhone anytime soon :(

http://www.geeknuz.com/nuz/2007/07/iphone-a-no-go-.html

[powerinthelines]

Hey,

If you are interested in iphone and mobile scanning technology, you could visit www.iphonescan.com

They are blogging about iPhone scanning news. You would also think about medical scanning.

[powerinthelines]

You can also just take a picture of barcodes, and have a digital/virtual scanning program that reviews the picture. I think that's the way most companies are going right now who want to make products available to people through the internet when they go into the store, they take a picture of their product and find prices online.

[mrbrown]

It's not impossible to scan a barcode from an LCD screen - the TSA has been testing it with mobile boarding passes (http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?p=/urls/mobileBoarding.jsp&anchorLocation=DirectURL&title=mobileboarding) in a few airports throughout the country since last year.

It does require special equipment, though, and the people who have tried using the mobile boarding passes have reported less than perfect results.

[JayLenochiniMac]

Maybe OLED will work better :D

[jwtseng]

I use CardStar with my BlockBuster and library cards loaded. They both scan just fine from the iPhone screen. Have to hold it a little bit off perpendicular to the scanner, I think. Otherwise, no problem. The only difficulty I've run into is convincing the BB lackeys to scan the iPhone.

[macjram]

Lol @ TC's post is from 2007.