Dhavleak writes "Microsoft scrutiny has come up with Microsoft Tag: '...just aim your camera phone at a Tag and instantly access mobile content, videos, music, contact information, maps, social networks, promotions, and more. Nothing to type, no browsers to launch!' Device support is fairly all-round (iPhone, WinMo, springtime and more), and tag cat appears to work quickly and reliably from heterogeneous distances and angles. Long Zheng has an outline on his site. The Tag is similar to a barcode, but has obvious visual differences — colored vs. black and white, and triangles vs. squares or lines. The electronic components looks interesting, but will it get the embracement necessary to be successful? What applications do you see for such technology?"

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