Comments on: W-41: Wearable connectivity clothing that’s quite mobile-geeky http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/w-41_wearable_connectivity_clothing_thats_quite_mobile-geeky.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/w-41_wearable_connectivity_clothing_thats_quite_mobile-geeky.html/comment-page-1#comment-243941 TerenceEden Fri, 02 May 2008 14:41:31 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6355#comment-243941 It's a nice idea, and I've seen codes printed on T-Shirts before. The problem with this is that it uses <a href="http://www.shotcode.com/" rel="nofollow">ShotCode</a> which is a closed standard. Only Shotcode can make these circular barcodes. Only they can write decoders for them. The information that is encoded in a ShotCode has to be registered with ShotCode first. In other words, you're completely dependent on one company for EVERYTHING.<br><br>If they go tits-up or start charging or refuse to make a decoder for your phone or generally go bad - you're out of luck.<br><br>Contrast this with <a href="http://shkspr.mobi/qr.php" rel="nofollow">QR Codes</a> - they're an open standard. Anyone can write a coder or decoder. In fact, Google have an <a href="http://code.google.com/p/zxing/" rel="nofollow">open source reader</a> for Android.<br><br>They can contain any information - URL, VCARD, Phone numbers, plain text - and don't require a working Internet connection to get the information.<br><br>Furthermore, they're readable by just about any phone - not just Nokias.<br><br>Basically, this is a cool idea but make sure you use an open standard like QR Codes to ensure that the maximum number of people can access your information. It's a nice idea, and I've seen codes printed on T-Shirts before. The problem with this is that it uses ShotCode which is a closed standard. Only Shotcode can make these circular barcodes. Only they can write decoders for them. The information that is encoded in a ShotCode has to be registered with ShotCode first. In other words, you're completely dependent on one company for EVERYTHING.

If they go tits-up or start charging or refuse to make a decoder for your phone or generally go bad – you're out of luck.

Contrast this with QR Codes – they're an open standard. Anyone can write a coder or decoder. In fact, Google have an open source reader for Android.

They can contain any information – URL, VCARD, Phone numbers, plain text – and don't require a working Internet connection to get the information.

Furthermore, they're readable by just about any phone – not just Nokias.

Basically, this is a cool idea but make sure you use an open standard like QR Codes to ensure that the maximum number of people can access your information.

]]> By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/w-41_wearable_connectivity_clothing_thats_quite_mobile-geeky.html/comment-page-1#comment-235305 TerenceEden Fri, 02 May 2008 09:41:31 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6355#comment-235305 It's a nice idea, and I've seen codes printed on T-Shirts before. The problem with this is that it uses <a href="http://www.shotcode.com/" rel="nofollow">ShotCode</a> which is a closed standard. Only Shotcode can make these circular barcodes. Only they can write decoders for them. The information that is encoded in a ShotCode has to be registered with ShotCode first. In other words, you're completely dependent on one company for EVERYTHING.<br><br>If they go tits-up or start charging or refuse to make a decoder for your phone or generally go bad - you're out of luck.<br><br>Contrast this with <a href="http://shkspr.mobi/qr.php" rel="nofollow">QR Codes</a> - they're an open standard. Anyone can write a coder or decoder. In fact, Google have an <a href="http://code.google.com/p/zxing/" rel="nofollow">open source reader</a> for Android.<br><br>They can contain any information - URL, VCARD, Phone numbers, plain text - and don't require a working Internet connection to get the information.<br><br>Furthermore, they're readable by just about any phone - not just Nokias.<br><br>Basically, this is a cool idea but make sure you use an open standard like QR Codes to ensure that the maximum number of people can access your information. It's a nice idea, and I've seen codes printed on T-Shirts before. The problem with this is that it uses ShotCode which is a closed standard. Only Shotcode can make these circular barcodes. Only they can write decoders for them. The information that is encoded in a ShotCode has to be registered with ShotCode first. In other words, you're completely dependent on one company for EVERYTHING.

If they go tits-up or start charging or refuse to make a decoder for your phone or generally go bad – you're out of luck.

Contrast this with QR Codes – they're an open standard. Anyone can write a coder or decoder. In fact, Google have an open source reader for Android.

They can contain any information – URL, VCARD, Phone numbers, plain text – and don't require a working Internet connection to get the information.

Furthermore, they're readable by just about any phone – not just Nokias.

Basically, this is a cool idea but make sure you use an open standard like QR Codes to ensure that the maximum number of people can access your information.

]]> By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/w-41_wearable_connectivity_clothing_thats_quite_mobile-geeky.html/comment-page-1#comment-227569 TerenceEden Fri, 02 May 2008 08:41:31 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6355#comment-227569 It's a nice idea, and I've seen codes printed on T-Shirts before. The problem with this is that it uses <a href="http://www.shotcode.com/">ShotCode</a> which is a closed standard. Only Shotcode can make these circular barcodes. Only they can write decoders for them. The information that is encoded in a ShotCode has to be registered with ShotCode first. In other words, you're completely dependent on one company for EVERYTHING.<br><br>If they go tits-up or start charging or refuse to make a decoder for your phone or generally go bad - you're out of luck.<br><br>Contrast this with <a href="http://shkspr.mobi/qr.php">QR Codes</a> - they're an open standard. Anyone can write a coder or decoder. In fact, Google have an <a href="http://code.google.com/p/zxing/">open source reader</a> for Android.<br><br>They can contain any information - URL, VCARD, Phone numbers, plain text - and don't require a working Internet connection to get the information.<br><br>Furthermore, they're readable by just about any phone - not just Nokias.<br><br>Basically, this is a cool idea but make sure you use an open standard like QR Codes to ensure that the maximum number of people can access your information. It's a nice idea, and I've seen codes printed on T-Shirts before. The problem with this is that it uses ShotCode which is a closed standard. Only Shotcode can make these circular barcodes. Only they can write decoders for them. The information that is encoded in a ShotCode has to be registered with ShotCode first. In other words, you're completely dependent on one company for EVERYTHING.

If they go tits-up or start charging or refuse to make a decoder for your phone or generally go bad – you're out of luck.

Contrast this with QR Codes – they're an open standard. Anyone can write a coder or decoder. In fact, Google have an open source reader for Android.

They can contain any information – URL, VCARD, Phone numbers, plain text – and don't require a working Internet connection to get the information.

Furthermore, they're readable by just about any phone – not just Nokias.

Basically, this is a cool idea but make sure you use an open standard like QR Codes to ensure that the maximum number of people can access your information.

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