Comments on: iPhone App: RedLaser

By: caroline11

caroline11 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:39:19 +0000

Sounds actually like a very useful app. I wounder whether RedLaser receives share of the profit from a sale. In that case, RedLaser could have a very good business case.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:52:00 +0000

Marie, thanks for commenting. It's good to get different opinions. Perhaps
you have steadier hands. I just couldn't get it to work reliably and every
time I thought figured out the "trick" to getting it to work, it wouldn't
the next time around.

By: MarieSPowers

MarieSPowers — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:25:15 +0000

Strange…your user experience with the RedLaser barcode scanner was opposite of mine. I scanned over 100 grocery store products with barcodes of all sizes both rounded and flat and in different light conditions. My success rate was 93 out of 100 on the first try and 97 out of 100 using a second try. I used the iPhone in one hand and the product in the other and found lining the barcode between the arrows was amazingly easy. My technique was to slightly adjust the item until RedLaser recognized the product in usually 1 –5 seconds. Neither the item or the iPhone were held particularly still. The most significant problem I encountered was glare which was rectified when I moved the product to lower light.