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Bar code reader on phone/fax | |||||||||||||||||
That way, you don't have to enter phone numbers or critical data, or risk getting them wrong. You would use it for:Buisness cards and correspondance.Long Distance cards.Pass codes for services.Paper advertising. That would assume the barcode is printed on the aformentioned materials. You could also use it in a similar fashion on a PC, for Web URLs and Email addresses. Faxes could have printed the barcode of the return fax number (since they have a scanner already).
classicsat, Nov 10 2003
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Also suggest adding magnetic stripe reader. Both are simple enough to be combined into one part. All cards seem to be about the same size.
A similar concept is already available on Hand Help Ipaq Computers which have a Bar Code reader attachment. I have a model that also takes a sim card to work as a mobile phone.
A while back I saw a short on MST3K. 'Century 21 Calling' It was a short that was basically an advertisement for some of the Bell features. Something about the Worlds Faire or somesuch. One of the features was the 'Bell Automatic Dialer'. Though, instead of barcodes, it used punchcards.