retroremakes
March 4th, 2010, 09:20
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/340x_android-tag.jpgNow that the Apple Vs Google war (http://gizmodo.com/5483662/how-apple-and-googles-romance-turned-to-hate) has eclipsed the Microsoft Vs Google war, Microsoft has felt it safe to quietly slip the Android platform a freebie. Tag is a high capacity color barcode reader also available for iPhone.
It's been around for some time on other platforms (BlackBerry and Symbian as well as the iPhone), and certainly isn't the first barcode reader for Android (http://gizmodo.com/5423053/the-30-essential-android-apps)—but Tag is worth checking out as not only is it a free download, it's also a more advanced (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode) way of reading barcodes. [MSDN (http://blogs.msdn.com/tag/archive/2010/03/03/microsoft-tag-reader-for-google-android-available.aspx) via SlashGear (http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-makes-its-official-move-into-android-territory-0476637/)]
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It's been around for some time on other platforms (BlackBerry and Symbian as well as the iPhone), and certainly isn't the first barcode reader for Android (http://gizmodo.com/5423053/the-30-essential-android-apps)—but Tag is worth checking out as not only is it a free download, it's also a more advanced (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode) way of reading barcodes. [MSDN (http://blogs.msdn.com/tag/archive/2010/03/03/microsoft-tag-reader-for-google-android-available.aspx) via SlashGear (http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-makes-its-official-move-into-android-territory-0476637/)]
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