http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft readies colorful QR code competitor http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Nov 28th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/
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Hope Engadget does a new post about it.]]>Jan 10th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Apr 16th 2007 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Apr 17th 2007 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/
let's just hope the barcode will help prevent disc scratching, but i wouldn't count on that either. ]]>Apr 16th 2007 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Apr 16th 2007 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Apr 16th 2007 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Apr 16th 2007 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/
And if you look at fashion, I think everyone in the entire country owns at least one item with Vuitton, Gucci, or some other high-end Western fashion label attached. (Hell, even the Ford Taurus was a "cool" car among young people... as were the Chevy Astrovan and quite a few other impractical vehicles from the States.)]]>Apr 16th 2007 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Japanese wont buy it unless japan makes it,


I guess somehow Ipods were made by Japanese. Thanks for telling me that.]]>Apr 16th 2007 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/
QC codes still have one very large advantage over these colorful things. They're square dots. Squares are easier to print, and easier for a low-resolution fixed-focus CCD to scan.]]>Apr 17th 2007 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Apr 17th 2007 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/
Also colors in printing tends to shift over time, I think the QC codes would be more resilient to ink aging.
]]>Apr 17th 2007 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Apr 17th 2007 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/2. No licensing issues with QR codes. (That's why they re-invent the wheel...money)
3. Most of these codes are too small anyways, unless your phone has a macro lens.]]>Apr 17th 2007 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/Apr 17th 2007 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/
The colors also allow these to hold a lot more info than black and white barcodes, so do the triangles over squares.

It has some merit, I just don't think our culture would really make use of it... then against Microsoft has the weight to really push something like this mainstream in the US.]]>Apr 17th 2007 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/& wouldnt a cell phone be able to recognise a normal bar code easier than one of these new colourful codes? asides, its not that wonderful technology,, all it does is save you the hassle of pushing a few buttons to get the information you require,, its another invention to help us get lazy:)
maybe microsh*t only invented them to try & create a Total world domination.]]>Apr 17th 2007 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/
I think Nokia's move for QR Code and Datamatrix (see their Beta Labs Project) is just so much smarter. And with the current Google competition, I as Microsoft, would try to be smarter...

And yes, Japan, Taiwan, China and Europe are heavily under QR Code influence... influenza;)]]>Apr 24th 2007 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/microsoft-readies-colorful-qr-code-competitor/about square vs. triangular as it relates to printing are right on.

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