What is a QR Code?

The QR is derived from "Quick Response". QR codes can store mobile web addresses and provide smartphone users with a seamless connection to whatever the code is attached to. These may appear on signs, magazines, billboards, buses, business cards or just about any physical object that users might need information about. Download a QR code reader from your App Store to scan codes. The phone's browser will then launch you to the programmed URL within the code. You can then view more information via the mobile web. These have not become mainstream YET.
Some of th emost common scanning sofftwares

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Barcode Scanner

Open Source by ZXing Team

Barcode Scanner. Scan barcodes on CDs, books, and other products, then look up prices and reviews, or search for a word in a book and find where it occurs. You can also scan QR Codes containing URLs, contact info, calendar events, and more. More info »

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Google Goggles
Free by Google Inc. | Android
With Google Goggles you can perform web searches by taking a picture rather than typing in text. It can be used to search based on the pictures of logos, text, barcodes, street signs, landmarks, and more.
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ShopSavvy
Free by Big In Japan | Android
ShopSavvy is your shopping assistant. Using the camera in your phone, you can scan the barcode of any product to find the best prices on the internet and at nearby, local stores.
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ixMAT Barcode Scanner
Free by iXellence | Win mobileAndroidJava (Mobile)S60Blackberry
ixMAT - an innovative system transforming the mobile phone into a universal scanner, without needing any other hardware devices. Java-based software ixMAT captures bar codes with the camera of your mobile phone and anal ...
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QuickMark Barcode Reader
Free with limited functionality by SimpleAct Inc | OnlineWin mobileAndroidiPhone (iOS)S60
QuickMark makes everything possible. Supports may kinds of 1D and 2D barcodes, as well as integration with browser for searching and online social sites for sharing. Compatibility The QuickMark reader is supported ...
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barcoo
Commercial by checkitmobile GmbH | OnlineAndroidiPhone (iOS)Java (Mobile)S60Blackberry
barcoo links products in stores with independent consumer information. Your mobile phone becomes a barcode scanner and shows you everything you need: - Price comparison (new and used prices) - Nutritional traffic ...
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Kaywa Reader
Free by Kaywa | Win mobileJava (Mobile)S60
The Kaywa Reader is a 2D Barcode Reader to install on your mobile phone. Once installed, you can scan 2D Barcodes and the content of the 2D Barcode is then immediately resolved on the phone. 2D Barcodes (QR Code, Data ...
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i-nigma Reader
Free for personal use by 3GVision | Win mobileAndroidiPhone (iOS)Java (Mobile)S60Palm PreBlackberry
With the i-nigma Reader installed on your mobile, you will be ready to decode mobile barcodes and connect direct to the mobile internet. To find out if the i-nigma handset software is available yet for your handset, ...
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UpCode
Free for personal use by UpCode Mobile Solutions | Win mobileAndroidiPhone (iOS)Java (Mobile)S60Blackberry
UpCode is a highly developed mobile access & interaction MAI technology that turns mobile phones into intelligent optical readers (or 'scanners') able to read codes on any object or surface - simply by 'p ...
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SnapMaze
Free by Refisco Technologies | Mac (OS X)WindowsLinuxJava (Mobile)
SnapMaze Firefox extension offers you to generate QR codes storing URL from the webpage you currently looking at.This is a plugin for your browser that changes any weblink in a webpage into a QR Code. Pretty useful! Crea ...
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BeeTagg Multicode Reader
Free by connvision Ltd | Win mobileAndroidiPhone (iOS)Java (Mobile)S60Palm PreBlackberry
The BeeTagg Multicode Reader is the most popular 2D-Code Reader for QR Codes, BeeTagg and Datamatrix. It supports 11 different mobile platforms and over 300 handset, mobile phones or devices. Customers can also get a bra ...
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NeoReader
Free by Neomedia | Win mobileAndroidiPhone (iOS)Java (Mobile)S60Palm PreBlackberry
The NeoReader is a universal barcode scanning application that transforms your mobile phone into a barcode scanner and allows you to access mobile web content by scanning codes from print ads, publication, packaging, bil ...
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ScanLife
Free by Scanbuy | Win mobileAndroidiPhone (iOS)Java (Mobile)S60Palm PreBlackberry
The ScanLife mobile application converts a typical camera phone into a universal barcode reader. With one scan, the application can automatically link to a specific website, launch a video, dial a phone number, and more ...
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MobileTag
Free | Win mobileAndroidiPhone (iOS)Java (Mobile)S60Blackberry
Mobiletag, the 2D barcode European leader, proposes a global solution regrouping: * Barcode creation and management * Readers and applications for mobile phones * The information management platform M ...