Thursday, September 17, 2009

iPhone Application Call Secret numbers with Microsoft code tag

- This article contains 3 iPhone experiments with code tags using Microsoft Tag Reader. You may do the experiments with us -

Q: What is the Microsoft Tag Reader [App Store link] ? A: Microsoft's second Free iPhone app after Seadragon [App Store link] Q: What can I do with it? It reads triangle code tags, which tells your iPhone to do something. I call it triangle code because the code is not bar formed but triangle formed. The code may instruct your iPhone for example to open an URL in Safari. Q: How to read a code tag? Q: Take a picture from within the app. If you satisfied, tap on the Use Photo button. The app will execute the action embedded in the code tag. The best result is to take the picture from 15 -20 cm distance.
The following actions are possible:
  1. Call a secret phone number, after entering a secret password
  2. Open an defined web URL
  3. Show text
Can I create my own code tags? A: Yes, go to THIS site. Login with your Live or Hotmail account and you are ready to create your own tags. The picture shows an example of code tag creation page. This example will create a code tag which will open our homepage.












Experiment 1

Okay, let's try this! Install Microsoft Tag Reader [App Store link] and follow the instructions to read the following code tag. The best result is to take the picture from 15 -20 cm distance.














It should open http://iphone-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/
And? Welcome back!

Experiment 2
Let's do another experiment. Try the following code tag.















And?
This tag will open http://Alltop.com owned by my Twitter friend Guy Kawasaki Author of his book Reality Check. Our site is proudly listed in the iPhone section of Alltop.

Experiment 3
The last one is for Twitter fans. Read the tag. If you like this post, PLEASE thank me via this prepared Tweet in the code tag! Thank you in advance.















Cool Reports
This is really cool: From the tag creation website you can generate report about the performance of your code tags!

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