What is a QR Code?
QRcode stands for Quick Respone code, Jewel times used in the automotive industry to track the vehicle components. Currently, the use of two-dimensional barcode has been very extensive, but generally in use to encode your website address, contact numbers, email addresses, phone numbers or just plain text. form of QR code you can see like the picture.
Tools used to read called QR Code QRCode Scanner. Generally, the tool is not a separate tool, but is available in the form of applications on smartphones such as Android or iPhone. The main purpose QR Code is now used to allow Smartphone users to access information in two easy steps, 1. QR code scan, 2 do action. action here could be to open a browser, store contact information, or dial a number in the QR code.
How do I read it?
To read the message hidden in the QR Code you can use an application called QR Code scanner that dot the Android Market or the AppStore. Android itself has a lot of tools QR code scanner. But of all the applications available in the Android Market, QR Code scanner ZXing Team is made in the best quality. Display of QR Code scanners can be seen as below.
Example display QR Code scanner. In the example above, the scanner is used to obtain the QR Code with type address book. Users can perform actions such as saving into contact, see the location address in Maps, call the number listed or send contact information via email earlier. Cool is not it?
What are the benefits?
The main benefits of the smartphone is the ease of access to information, for example, you get business cards from new acquaintances, in the name of the card there are various kinds of information such as phone no, address, email and other information, including QR Code. Instead you write one at the information above, please scan the QR code on a business card and the magic was above information is stored, Simple is not it.
When we are in the supermarket, sometimes we want to compare the prices of products in the supermarket with a price in online stores (eg Amazon), we simply scan the QR Code on the product and do the actions open the browser to do a search kdoe product on the internet and get the price comparison in other stores. The application that has been created specifically as Google by name Google shopper .
Another example, you look at a magazine or newspaper. when you see a QR code printed on the cover of the magazine, please scan the QR code there and Bingo! you get the address of the website, just tap and direct you to the website of the magazine's address without typing the address and without the need to memorize the address websitenya.Koran own compass also apply QR code on the article article that feels interestingly enough, when people read the newspaper Kompas and see QR code, the person may menscannya then read online versions, regular online version has been updated or provided information added.
How to create a QR Code?
QR code reader as artificial Scanner ZXing already provides QR Code generator to create a QR code from contact, Bookmarks (URL), Application or text that you type in yourself. Alternatively, use QR code generator such as Web-based http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ Here is a view of kaywa.com
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
