old G1 question

AHarvey · 20 Jan 2011 at 02:51

hi all,

I have an old android G1 and was wondering if there is anyway I can a) use it as a tether for my netbook when out and about and 2) connect it to my PC and use it as a barcode scanner to scan books into a database?

thanks

Aod · 20 Jan 2011 at 04:15

yes, no.

Myshra · 20 Jan 2011 at 08:50

There is an app for the second part but I can't find it's name sorry :/ Tethering can be sorted with any decent G1 rom.

AHarvey · 20 Jan 2011 at 09:24

Aod said:
yes, no.

Wasn't really worth the effort posting was it, especially as according to myshra you're wrong

Myshra said:
There is an app for the second part but I can't find it's name sorry :/ Tethering can be sorted with any decent G1 rom.

Thanks i'll try and find some info on it.

Aod · 20 Jan 2011 at 10:04

AHarvey said:
Wasn't really worth the effort posting was it, especially as according to myshra you're wrong

i've been using android for 18 months and i've yet to come across an app that allows you to use an android phone as a barcode scanner for a computer.

you could MANUALLY paste the results of every scan into a text file on the phone and then transfer that to your PC though.

SKILL · 20 Jan 2011 at 11:00

Aod said:
i've been using android for 18 months and i've yet to come across an app that allows you to use an android phone as a barcode scanner for a computer.

you could MANUALLY paste the results of every scan into a text file on the phone and then transfer that to your PC though.

Obviously didn't look hard enough:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/pc-bcr/brad.android.pc_bcr

Found by cunningly searching appbrain for 'barcode pc'

Myshra · 20 Jan 2011 at 14:28

There's an all in one app that will put books / dvds into a library on the phone too but am having issues finding it. Skill has shown up my lack of searching skill though I'll admit

SKILL · 20 Jan 2011 at 14:53

There seems to be a few options for that kind of stuff:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/mybookdroid-books-library/org.zezula.bookdiary

That does books, and integrates with goodreads.com, no idea if either the app or the website are any good though, but looks interesting, might be doing some scanning this evening

AHarvey · 20 Jan 2011 at 16:51

Thanks for the feedback everyone

Only reason I was asking is that I know you can scan books barcodes and have them added to a google library for you but would have preferred something more customisable on the PC

AHarvey · 20 Jan 2011 at 18:06

After googling around I found this:

http://code.google.com/p/android-pcbcr/wiki/PC_BCR

You install a couple of PC programs then the PC_BCR app on your android.

Open the software and set it to 'listen' then scan with the app. I opened google library and tried the import via ISBN option and it words a treat

Yes to try it with any other software, need to find some to use

All I have to do now is figure out how to tether it