| dold@55.usenet.us.com 2007-04-03, 3:33 pm |
| John Navas < spamfilter0@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 00:14:46 +0000 (UTC), dold@41.usenet.us.com wrote in
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> I tested "reader", and it worked (on a laptop screen image no less),
> launching the browser, which wound up at the correct website.
I still have a a couple of the cue-cat things that plug in to a keyboard
port, and a java or something that reads it nicely. I never did any
hardware hack. But the cellphone is handier, and wireless.
I keyed in various UPCs with mixed results. A Costco branded item wasn't
recognized, but said the root UPC was registered to a company... revealing
the Costco supplier? It wasn't the name on the package. Like an FCC-ID
on a Wifi card? ;-)
Other UPCs were recognized, and fired off my WAP browser to the registered
web site, which wasn't WAP viewable... a minor glitch in a WAP-oriented
product scheme. Did your WAP viewer work, or did it invoke Opera or
something? Lets see ... UPC ... There's a history, try it again... Hey!
It's viewable today. Hmmm.
And how did they avoid the initial "confirm" message that I still get for
Google Maps?
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