Quick Response Codes - Mobile Tagging - What's It All About
Quick Response Codes (or QR Codes) are catching on quickly to link mobile shoppers with everything from Ralph Lauren clothing to real estate websites. What is a QR Code? It's a fancy bar code that you can take a picture of with the camera on your Smart Phone and in connection with a mobile application it will link you to a website for more information.
Your Smart Phone may already have a QR Code Reader installed. If not, follow this link to read more about Readers and find a Reader for your phone. If you're ready try it right now, visit www.i-nigma.mobi using your Smart Phone's browser and their website will identify your phone's model and suggest the matching app to download and install on your Smart Phone. After installation, you'll be able to scan QR Codes and link directly to the website for more information. Here's one for 10 Thorton Spring Lane, Lothian, Maryland 20711.
Below is what you'll see after you've snapped a picture of the Quick Response Code. That's my BlackBerry (below) with an actual image of the mobile application where you'll find more information, pictures, and contact information for the property at 10 Thorton Spring Lane in Lothian Maryland. The mobile application is interactive and allows you to click on the tab to get more information.
So, just to be clear ... you can take a picture of the QR Code with your phone or a webcam to access additional information. You can even take a picture of the code below right off your computer screen to capture my contact information. Go ahead and try it!!!
With mobile tagging a picture now links you to a thousand words and images!!!
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have read several posts on the subject, but liked yours for the simplicity of how easy it is to get started.
Brad ... thanks for the feedback. I'm using QR Codes to link people with information about the homes I've got listed. I'm very excited about this technology and how to get interactive information into the hands of someone standing in front of a home.
I love the idea of the mobile tagging but have tried a couple of downloads including the one that you recommend and they don't always work. although you say that you were able to take yours through glass etc.
great idea though!