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The world of technology is an ever-changing field, the cellular phone you bought a few months ago are now outdated because of new technological advances. It is not only cellular phones and computers that are subject to these technological advances - it affects every single thing around us. It can be hard to believe, but it has also affected the pricing system supermarkets use to control their stock.

Mobile barcodes started with the simple linear barcode

Linear barcodes were launched in the marketplace in the 1980's, even though the technology was already designed in the 1950's. Most consumer goods found in supermarkets will have a barcode somewhere on it - this is a series of vertical black and white lines that contain a vast amount of information. However, soon enough these barcodes have increased in size because of all the information people wanted it to contain. These lines have evolved and now you can find a host of different types of barcodes, including mobile barcodes.

Mobile phones can now be enabled to read a variety of 2D mobile barcodes. These include QR codes, Data Matrix, Cool-Data-Matrix, Aztec, Upcode, Trillcode, Quickmark, Shotcode, mCode and Beetagg. This technology opens the door for an infinite range of possibilities.

Just imagine the ease of use if patrons are waiting to enter an event and simply by scanning the mobile barcode on their cellular phone they are granted access to the venue. Quick, easy and simple without the unnecessary wads of paper associated with these events.

Easing the effect of entering events is just one of the many uses for mobile barcodes - contact Multimedia Solutions if you need information about how you can implement this technology in your company.

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