16/8 Buses in Paris follow the Tokyo example by using QR Codes
Bus travellers in Paris will follow the
Tokyo example,
Yahoo News France says:
Pour les touristes, autres usagers particulièrement demandeurs de ces nouveaux services mobiles, elle expérimente un service de guidage jusqu'à leur destination finale, ainsi que des podcasts vidéo d'explications sur les transports en commun. Enfin, pour les usagers des bus, elle essaye un système de distribution de l'information via des codes-barres particuliers à deux dimensions, appelés "codes QR". «En photographiant ce code-barre avec son téléphone, qui renvoie vers une URL spécifique selon l'endroit où il est localisé, l'usager pourra accéder aux horaires de son bus», souligne le responsable.
Via
Stéphanie
Related:
Taiwan market: Mobile service providers to provide QR Code support16/8 Kaywa Reader and Nokia 60 Series supports Datamatrix as well
If you didn't know yet, the
Kaywa Reader not only decodes
QR Codes, but also Datamatrix.
To test the Datamatrix capabilities of your Kaywa Reader, you can
generate your own Datamatrix Codes here.
My personal preference goes clearly to QR Codes for many reasons, but if we can support the other important ISO-standard as well, then let's do it!
PS: The Java Version for Sony Ericsson is soon to be ready;)
16/8 Linux, Motorola and Trolltech's Greenphone: complexity, control, customization, cost and community
Linux is gaining ground in the mobile arena, especially since
Motorola supports it strongly. Motorola is naturally interested to back it, as an alternative to the Symbian and Windows OS.
In this regard
Trolltech's announcement is particularly interesting:
Trolltech offers fully reprogrammable mobile phone
Trolltech's Greenphone is priced at around $690 and comes with all the software and source code necessary to develop a complete mobile phone model, including core Linux operating system controls, a phone dialler, address book and camera application.
[...] Trolltech's Eirik Chambe-Eng told delegates at the Open Source Business Conference in London that Linux is set to "make a lot of headlines going forward on embedded devices and mobile phones".
"We believe we are just now at the beginning of a revolution," he said on Wednesday, citing what he called the "five Cs"--complexity, control, customization, cost and community--as motivating factors for manufacturers to switch to Linux.
