Hardware Requirements: Difference between revisions
((UPDATE) Siemens has displayed a prototype model of a cell phone that can scan text at CeBit 2004.) |
(false alarm. the Siemens PenPhone writes text in analog and digital, but apparently does not scan) |
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**Storing open hours, addresses, contact info from adverts | **Storing open hours, addresses, contact info from adverts | ||
**With advanced enough reading techonology the scanner could be adapted to read straight off a CRT or TFT display | **With advanced enough reading techonology the scanner could be adapted to read straight off a CRT or TFT display | ||
*The device could have a dedicated [[barcode scanner]] - ideal for [[Consumerium usability at point of sale]]. It would boost speed and precision of using Consumerium and possibly other [[healthy signal infrastructure]] services. | *The device could have a dedicated [[barcode scanner]] - ideal for [[Consumerium usability at point of sale]]. It would boost speed and precision of using Consumerium and possibly other [[healthy signal infrastructure]] services. | ||
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*There are reports saying that [[RFID]] (Radio Frequency IDentification) might be surpassing bar codes even in retail stores as a means of product identification. In such a case an integrated [[w:transceiver]] would be optimal. | *There are reports saying that [[RFID]] (Radio Frequency IDentification) might be surpassing bar codes even in retail stores as a means of product identification. In such a case an integrated [[w:transceiver]] would be optimal. | ||
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==[[Friendly retail]] store's infrastructure's requirements== | ==[[Friendly retail]] store's infrastructure's requirements== | ||