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Yuppi
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Nice Job!
And really close to my application  |
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BigBalou
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it is so beautiful that I made a very very similar app but for current consommation product as Coca Can or Ketchup bottle
the competition will be very hard with all the applications using barcode |
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Yuppi
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chris
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funny , i spent some time working on this kind of application.
willing to build a database on price base a social application.
then we thought people buying fancy new 600$ phones will not likely be the one trying to save every penny while shoping.
By the way , did you manage to handle the bluriness of the photos taken by the Camera ?
I worked wit pictures from 3 mobiles and in normal use (kick point and click) no macro mode .. the picture where very blury and Xing could not read them ?
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BigBalou
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Well see Chris,
My application IsiOne - Your Shopping Companion, allows user to enter the number if the mobile doesn't not have a camera which a I don't see in yours jsharkey 
But I think our best ennemy will be OpenIntents Shopping Cart and
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jsharkey
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then we thought people buying fancy new 600$ phones will not likely be the one trying to save every penny while shoping.
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I agree that saving pennies on something is trivial, but the key feature is quickly getting a feel for prices available across the web. If it's $10 cheaper online, it might change their decision. If it's roughly the same price online, they can feel more confident in buying the physical item they are looking at.
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By the way , did you manage to handle the bluriness of the photos taken by the Camera ?
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At first I used a cheap Logitech QuickCam, but was having trouble getting it to recognize barcodes. It was mostly due to image blurring in low-light. Instead, I hacked together a way to use a firewire MiniDV camcorder, which resulted in much clearer images. I documented this hack for anyone interested near the bottom of this page:
http://scan.jsharkey.org/
The cameras coming out on the actual Android hardware are probably going to be high-quality compared to other current cellphone cameras.
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Your Shopping Companion, allows user to enter the number if the mobile doesn't not have a camera which a I don't see in yours jsharkey
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That's true, I forgot about that. But to be honest, I doubt people will want to enter UPC codes manually. If anything, they might want to do a keyword search. |
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jsharkey
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plusminus
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Congratulations 
Nice to see anddev.org members in the Top 50 
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chronus
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I wonder how do you do the cross referencing of UPC to product. Is there an API to access a public database with that information?
I am finishing up a simple calorie counter application (www.fitandroid.com). Reading barcodes would simplify the acquisition of nutritional facts.
I thought phones reading bar codes was a good idea, but I was thinking about using a red laser scanner (not practical). I never even though about using the embedded camera. This is a really cool tool ! |
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