Barcodes Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The Barcodescan Pro app helps you find the best price

by David Winograd (Nov 23rd, 2009)

Barcodescan Pro [iTunes Link] is an app that uses the autofocus camera of an iPhone running OS 3.1 or better to scan a bar code and provide a variety of information on the product including pictures, high and low prices and more depending upon how much information is in the Barcodescan database. ...

RedLaser for iPhone scans for bargains

by Mel Martin (May 18th, 2009)

I wouldn't have thought it was possible to get an iPhone to capture barcodes clearly, but Occipital has done it with a new $1.99US iPhone app called RedLaser [App Store]. Why capture barcodes? One good use is to find better prices for a product. Scan a product in the store, then RedLaser captures ...

Scanning wallet cards into the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 14th, 2008)

This is pretty much genius. Like Albert, I have a bunch of "membership cards" in my wallet -- they're those cards with a barcode or number on them that you get from places like the local grocery store, or some other retailer. They're useful to have around, but they tend to pile up after a while, ...

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