Wednesday 5 December 2012

Top 5 best free Android QR code scanners

Right now, QR Code is really so popular. Maybe you can find it in the corner of a TV show, a street, a shop store, an outdoor ads or even on somebody's neck. At first, we should know that QR codes are used to reveal more information about a product, service, event or person. Generally, they direct the scanning device to a special URL, video, coupon, event page, email address, or other digital signpost with more details and content. If you are interested in the QR Code and really want to know what exactly hide in it, a QR scanner app is necessary to you! And today I will introduce you 5 best free QR Code scanner for Android.
5. ScanLife Barcode & QR Reader (Rated: 4.0)

Scan QR & UPC barcodes to discover information, prices, & coupons in seconds.
Introducing the all NEW ScanLife that helps you discover and share information from the world around you.

ScanLife turns your camera phone into a super-fast, all-in-one QR Code and barcode scanner to help you discover information from the things you see every day. Just scan to help you save money and get more information from products, magazines, displays and more.

Features:
  • See prices from over 25 different retailers to help find the best deal
  • See local prices to find a product near you (US only)
  • Read reviews from people that have bought the product on Amazon & Best Buy
  • See related deals & coupons which you can redeem or save
  • Get related accessory ideas that go with the product you scanned
  • You can even buy many of the product in a few clicks - perfect when you need to reorder from home or save a few bucks.
  • Scan food items to see nutritional information & ingredients to help you pick healthy options (US only)

4. Scan (Rated: 4.3)

Scan is the fastest & most user-friendly QR Code and barcode scanner available.
Scan is completely free. There are no "lite version" restrictions. It's just simple QR Code and barcode scanning the way it should be. Open the app, point the camera at the code and you’re done! No need to take a photo or press a "scan" button like other apps.

When scanning a QR Code, if the code contains a website URL, you'll automatically be taken to the site. If the code just contains text, you'll immediately see it. For other formats such as phone numbers, email addresses, or contact info, you will be prompted to take the appropriate action.

Features:
  • History logs and displays of all of your past scans in a list or on a map
  • Customize how Scan works in Settings
  • Login to your Scan.me account to sync your scan history across web, Android, and iOS
  • Touch-focus camera (requires autofocus)
  • Forward-facing light for low-light scanning (requires flash)

RedLaser is a secret weapon for the smart shopper – scan barcodes or search for items to make sure you have all the information you need, including product details, ratings, reviews and pricing.

Features:
  • Scan all major retail barcodes (including UPC, EAN, UPC-E, and EAN-8) and QR codes
  • Search for prices from thousands of online retailers for millions of products
  • Search hundreds of local retailers to compare prices, find the nearest locations, and even check out books at the library
  • See all your local results and stores on a map
  • Keyword, Voice, and Image recognition search to find the best deal, even when you don’t have a barcode handy
  • Get product descriptions, reviews, and nutritional information to help you make the right decision
  • Create personalized QR codes with your info, contacts, website’s URL, and more with our powerful QR code engine
  • Create shopping, wish, and gift lists to share with friends and family via Facebook, email, or SMS. Also great for archiving your book, CD, DVD, and even your wine collection!
2. Barcode Scanner (Rated: 4.3)

Barcode Scanner Android App is great! It allows you to scan most product bar codes in 1D (UPC, EAN, etc.) and 2D formats (QR Code) to search Google for product results. You can even search for words in a book when using this app.

The cool thing about scanning QR Codes is the wealth of information and many applicable uses in the tiny cryptic messages. QR Codes can store calendar events, contact information, email addresses, Geo location, phone numbers, SMS text messages, plain text, and URLs. 

1. QR Droid (Rated: 4.4)

Use your camera to scan a QR code in a magazine and watch a video immediately! Create a code from a Contact or Bookmark in your phone, let a friend scan it & get your info transferred!

Features:

  • Scan any QR code from your camera, browser, SD card, or image.
  • Create QR codes in less than a second from your contacts, bookmarks, and installed applications.
  • Use codes for calendar events, phone numbers, geo-locations, SMS text messages, emails, websites, video... or any block of text that you want.
  • Give codes any color, categorize by color, and create short URLs for your generated images.

5 best Android movie

watch some films which have good reviews in the theater. I think some of you guys like me to do so. So I come to recommend you 5 best movie apps for Android.

At first, IMDb Movies & TV, a comprehensive movie app which include movie & TV trailers, news, reviews etc. I believe most of people are so familiar with IMDb. So I bring the official android app in here. 

This app allows you to look up movie information without breaking a sweat, no matter where I am. If you’re living in the US, you can use the app to look up movie showtimes, TV listings based on your timezone, and even view recaps from last night’s shows. Users around the world can view film trailers, user and critic reviews, quotes, trivia, and of course all the different IMDb’s movie charts.


The Second one is Movies by Flixster. With Movies (Flixster) for Android, you can watch high quality trailers and video clips for almost any movie, see the top box office, hot upcoming movies and new DVD releases, get info on any movie in theater or on DVD, get local showtimes, read critic reviews from RottenTomatoes and user reviews from Flixster.com, and connect with Facebook to save your ratings and share them with your friends.

And then is Fandango Movies. This app focus more on tickets purchase. Fandango is fast, snappy, and has some of the most up-to-date and accurate movie showtimes we've seen. A lot of apps offer showtimes, but Fandango takes the cake because it also allows you to go ahead and buy your movie tickets without being shunted to another app, see movie reviews and scores before you buy, and even read fan reviews and commentary to help you decide whether that 174-minute runtime is worth sitting through. 

Refer to the tickets purchase on android phone, I think I need also recommend you Moviefone - Movies & Showtimes. With this app, you can find movies and showtimes near you, view movie trailers and get movie info. If you were ready to go to the movies, this app also can provide you maps and directions to theaters across the U.S (tap the red location bar to change zip codes). Over 300,000 movies in our immense database and thousands of photos and movie trailers, Moviefone is all about movies! Ticket purchasing is now built right into Moviefone. Just look for the red "ticket" next to the theater and purchase your tickets through movietickets.com without leaving the app. Moviefone has gone social! You can invite friends to a movie, post a movie with comments to your wall and see how many people "like" that new movie.

And the last one is Netflix. Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies on your phone. This Netflix mobile application delivers the best experience anywhere, anytime.Get this app as a part of your Netflix membership and you can instantly watch thousands of TV episodes & movies on your phone.

I think with only one or two apps from above all, you can know which movies is on or sooner, and decide which movie you want to watch in the theater. You can also buy the ticket on the way to theater.

Sunday 2 December 2012

Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus

Galaxy S2 is Samsung's flagship phone in 2011, although  the next generation is released but the second generation of Galaxy 2 is likely will be raised.

It is known from an anonymous source, that the new Galaxy S2 will be presented for the middle class as the Galaxy S2 Plus.

Actually, rumors about the presence of Galaxy S2 Plus is not a
 new news,  because last month this phone has appeared in AnTuTu benchmark.

The possibility, Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus will be announced at the end of this year and will be available in early 2013.

Lumia 920

Some time ago you've seen the Nokia Lumia 920 drop test video. The test results were quite satisfactory, because the phones is apparently strong enough dropped from a certain height.

But for PhoneBuff, the previous drop test is not enough. They need something more. This time they use a more sadistic ways.

The first experiment is to run over the phone with a car, and as a result there is no problem whatsoever. The second experiment, a wooden rod is used to hit the phone just like playing baseball. In the second test, there are few wounds on the phone body.

HTC Deluxe Appear

It seems the launch of HTC Deluxe is getting closer. Now the international version of HTC Droid DNA is re-appear in white and black colors.

HTC Deluxe reportedly will have similar specifications with its CDMA version such as a 3 5-inch 1080p Super LCD, 2GB RAM, 16-32GB internal memory, 8MP camera with ImageSense, LTE connectivity, 2020mAh battery, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean withSense 4 +.

Unfortunately, until now there is no further information about HTC Deluxe launch schedule.

Lenovo P770


Lenovo has announced their latest android smartphone that has the largest battery capacity (3500 mAh), the P770.

Lenovo P770 also comes with 4.5-inch qHD screen (960x540px), 1.2 Ghz dual core processor, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as its mainoperating system.

With its big battery, P770 has 644 hours or 26 days - standby and 29 hours - talk time!!!

Unfortunately Lenovo P770 is only officially sold in China for $273 with 8GB microSD card.

Nokia Asha 205 & 206

Nokia has just announced two new Asha series phones, the 205 and 206. Both S40 phone has dual-SIM feature and will be one of the Asha 201 successor.

Nokia Asha 205 comes with 2.4 inch screen, 320 x 240 pixels resolution, 64MB memory, 0.3 MP camera that can record VGAimage and QCIF video, and full-QWERTY keyboard. While Asha 206 uses a 2.4-inch QVGA resolution, 1.3 MP camera, 64MB internal memory with non-alphanumeric QWERTY keyboard. Both phones are also equipped with a microSD slot.

Nokia Asha 205 – 206 also have a Nokia Slam features that allow rapid sharing via Bluetooth without pairing.