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OT: Blackberry LifeScan barcode capture Message #1 Posted by hpnut on 19 June 2010, 6:16 a.m. Hi all. LifeScan is a barcode capture program for most cellphones with cameras. I installed it on my Blackberry and took a snapshot of the barcode on the back of the HP 30b calculator. After the software processes the scanned barcode, I got this image on my Blackberry: http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u151/topoguy/Capture16_16_6.jpg it's kinda fun snapping various barcodes of items in my house and finding what they represent. a truly geeky pastime :-) hpnut in Malaysia Edited: 19 June 2010, 10:31 a.m.

Re: OT: Blackberry LifeScan barcode capture Message #2 Posted by Jean-Michel on 19 June 2010, 3:01 p.m., in response to message #1 by hpnut Hi, a single barcode contains that much informations, I mean including the enconding of the picture also?! I am rather surprised. If someone could explain, I would be pleased to learn about this. Anyway, thanks for posting this. Kind regards. Jean-Michel

Re: OT: Blackberry LifeScan barcode capture Message #3 Posted by Don Shepherd on 19 June 2010, 3:12 p.m., in response to message #2 by Jean-Michel Oh, I'm sure the barcode number links to a database somewhere that contains all that stuff.

Re: OT: Blackberry LifeScan barcode capture Message #4 Posted by hpnut on 19 June 2010, 7:14 p.m., in response to message #3 by Don Shepherd Don is right.

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