Barcode reader, N95....

[Akira]

...does it serve any useful purpose? I can't think of a single scenario where anyone would need a barcode reader on their phone. Even if it worked, which mine doesn't.

 

[Camalot]

You can get price from bar codes?

 

[Charlie Bravo]

There are a few sites on the net where u can scan the barcode to get a direct link to a file or website.... pretty clever!

 

[sean]

It's there so you can use addons like this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2780

Lets you display a barcode onscreen which will take your phone's browser to the same page/URL you're looking at in firefox.

 

[Akira]

You can get price from bar codes?

...nah

There are a few sites on the net where u can scan the barcode to get a direct link to a file or website.... pretty clever!

It's there so you can use addons like this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2780

Lets you display a barcode onscreen which will take your phone's browser to the same page/URL you're looking at in firefox.

Thanks, that's why I asked, but it still seems a bit....pointless. If you're at the site on your PC I don't know why you'd need to go to it on your phone.

 

[sean]

Thanks, that's why I asked, but it still seems a bit....pointless. If you're at the site on your PC I don't know why you'd need to go to it on your phone.

It's useful if you've come across a file you want on the phone but don't have access to the USB cable, bluetooth or a card reader.

It's also how I set up all the apps on my new phone, stuff typing out their addresses on that tiny wee keypad tbh.

 

[Akira]

Ok then. I'd download them to the PC and bluetooth them over, but as you say, you might not have the dongle with you or whatever.