LG Camera Phones To Get QR Barcode Software Pre-Installed

As some of you know, I am a big fan of QR 2D barcodes. Today LG and Scanbuy have announced that all LG camera phones will have the ScanLife 2D barcode application pre-installed on delivery. LG claims to have delivered 100 million handsets in 2008 although I don’t know what percentage were camera phones.

The ScanLife 2D barcode application reads all formats of 2D barcodes the company says so that means the new Microsoft Tag will also be supported. The nice thing about 2D barcodes is that they work worldwide. Let’s hope the other major mobile phone manufacturers follow suit and add a barcode reader by default as well.

Check out Satoko’s Japanese perspective on QR codes including some examples from popular companies including McDonalds.

Update: The 2d code blog says that there are no plans to support Microsoft Tag.