Smart Phone MS Tag or 2d barcode Access

[jshel1]

I am Android based and very happy with the functionality of the app "QR Droid."

Looking thru iTunes reviews, I found "Scan." Here is a link:
Scan for iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G on the iTunes App Store

Happy QR code scanning.

[Don]

jshel1.......thanks

While I was keying, couldn't remember the " QR " designation, downloaded an app. New to using the concept. I was reading Handyman Magazine and they reference and used the app TagReader. The article refers to their use as Microsoft Tag technology and refer to it as MS Tag , a 2D barcode, or gettag mobi, which is mentioned by Road & Track, different pattern than other QRs. If Handyman sends me a link to their article, I will post.

What Is Tag? | Microsoft Tag

A picture of the tag is included:

App Store - Microsoft Tag

Seems there are now multiple formats which require a unique apps

[jshel1]

Just great... leave it to Microsoft to copy an idea and put their own spin on it. QR and dot-matrix 2D have been industry standards in medicine for at least five years. I have readers and printers (grayscale dot-matrix) that can do UPC and QR.

Seems like print magazine press is the primary user of the MS Tag format; this is likely because of the color content. Industry (Medicine and Manufacturing) seem to be adhoc on QR, retail seems to be adhoc on QR as well.

The following is excerpted from Nellymoser Mobile Marketing Firm's report on 2011 Black Friday store visits:

"Nellymoser discovered that 23 of the store brands, or 7.2% of the total, contained at least one QR code. This is approximately one out of every 14 stores. None of the stores used a 2D barcode other than a QR code, such as a Microsoft Tag or a Spyderlynk SnapTag.

More than 700 retail locations were visited, including the following national anchor stores using QR:
Best Buy
J.C. Penney
Lord & Taylor
Macy’s
Nordstrom
Neiman-Marcus
Saks Fifth Avenue
Sears"

I am sure there is some political republican/democrat or right brain/left brain (analytical/creative) comment in this somewhere but it escapes me. I am pretty entrenched with QR professionally and have always been resistant to change... must be the tea-party in me. I hope QR wins out, but will adopt to whatever becomes the industry standard.

Glad the search term "QR" was helpful to you in discovering your needed app. I hope your curiosity about QR piqued your interest enough for you to investigate my link and if so, I hope your visit was enjoyable. Many man hours went into the hobby website to benefit my cobra enthusiast friends.