hacksugar: CueCat barcode scanner on the iPad

We have a bluetooth scanner that works with the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. You can see it in action at http://www.barcodeguy.com
The videos will only take a couple of minutes to watch.
Here are the links:
http://barcodeguy.com/iPhone_Bluetooth_Barcode_Scanner_Connection.html
http://barcodeguy.com/iPad_Bluetooth_Barcode_Scanner_Communication.html

Wow really its amazing video. Thanks for sharing it.

Thanks

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I need to know if this USB kit will work with iPhones and iPod touch. Can you hook the kit to an iPhone and use lets say a USB keyboard or the likes?


Reason I ask, we inventory an extremely hight amount of Macs in our warehouse and hooking device like this to our employee iPhones would be ideal for pulling in data.

I would think this would be super cool if they were able to allow you to use it for like let's say check out places so you get a cheep cheep cheep barcode scanner and check out register and crap, if you've already got an ipod and stuff.

This video fails to compel me to go out and look for a piece of technology from the year 2000.

Great, so it can scan a barcode into Notepad, I can type that almost as fast. I want my 30 seconds back.

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So you're saying, with just two new accessories, the iPad can come close to mimicking the functionality of RedLaser on the iPhone? GENIOUS.

I get nothing because the info is FLASH

Ahh the infamous CueCat scanners. A friend of mine uses a "declawed" one with DVD Profiler to manage his extensive collection.

I considered getting one for home inventory purposes but would rather have a more mobile, wireless solution.

Any apps for the iPhone that do home inventory using the camera to read the barcodes? Failing that just an app to capture the barcode and give me the number to cut & paste would do.

I already know of price checking apps like RedLaser that already do this.

I'm thinking there must be at least one in the 200,000+ apps?

Seems like there has to be a little hacking involved on the CueCat Scanner if not on the iPad. My understanding is that a CueCat will take the barcode values it reads and spit them out in a coded form, originally meant to be read and decoded at the CueCat website. Disabling this "feature" involves cutting a wire or two in the guts of the CueCat. I'm guessing that this demo was done with a "declawed" CueCat, ortherwise it seems like the output would be a jumbled CueCat code rather than a direct transcription of the barcode value. But regardless that is pretty cool. There's been a few times I wished my CueCat would work withe my iPod Touch. Using it with an iPad would be even better.

I can't wait for the amount of supported accessories to start popping up!