QR Codes - Getting Started

I’ve been playing around with QR codes and readers lately.  You see QR codes popping up all over the place these days, especially within magazine advertisements and now on business cards.  Generally QR codes are used to provide more information about a specific product, service, event, or person.

I’ve looked at the following readers/scanners for my Android Nexus S phone:

QuickMark QR Code Reader: http://goo.gl/auE4A

i-nigma Barcode Scanner: http://goo.gl/8L1F3

MobiScan QR: http://goo.gl/lUUxE

I’ve settled on using QuickMark QR Code Reader as my go to app.  This isn’t a dig on the other apps, they all have really high and good reviews within the android market place, but I went this way primarily due to the cost (free), functionality of the app, an extension that is available for my Chrome browser, and the integration of business card QR codes with my android contacts.

It does require that you create an account and log into both the browser extension as well as the Android app but that is the bulk of the setup required.  The only drawback that I see is the manual sync that is required to sync from the handset to the browser; but that isn’t a big deal.

Try it out on the below: