ScanLife has many fans in Chile and we also have an office in Santiago.  Our thoughts are with everyone as they begin a long recovery.

To help, please scan this code to give $10 via Habitat for Humanity.  Donations will be given by SMS (after the scan) and will show up on your monthly phone bill.  All major US carriers are supported – if you are outside the US, or prefer to give on-line, just click the code.

ScanLife was featured in an article about mobile commerce in this Saturday’s New York Times.  In fact, the article was on the cover of the A section, and lead with Norma Kamali’s use of ScanLife.  We had reported before that the famed designer is using codes throughout her store to link shoppers to information, and give them a chance to win merchandise.  Soon, even window shoppers can scan the code to purchase items in the store and ship it home – even if the store is closed!

ScanLife is happy to announce that it has added the ability to scan UPC barcodes for the top 3  Smartphone systems – Apple, Android, and BlackBerry!  So, next time you’re in a store and want to see if you’re getting a good deal, just open ScanLife and scan the barcode right on the product.  The app will automatically show you prices from a number of online retailers, and even show some reviews of what other people are saying.

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A couple of new projects launched last week, giving people a whole new way to get into fashion.

March issue of Esquire Magazine

Esquire Magazine is using ScanLife as part of their  “Esquire Collection” which details the essential wardrobe that every guy should have.  25 codes are connected to each individual item throughout the layout which gives readers a menu of options in one-click.

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Get your free download of the Netsize Guide 2010 right here!

This is a comprehensive annual industry report, documenting the state of the global mobile content and services market.  It includes in-depth research and exclusive interviews with industry executives (including Jonathan Bulkeley, CEO of Scanbuy).

Click the above image, or this link.

Here at ScanLife, we want to make it as easy as possible for you to send or receive information from the physical world – after all that is the point of this whole thing.  See something of interest from the world around you, and use the common camera phone to quickly trigger more information.

To give our users and customers more options, we have launched a new feature called Scan & Send which allows someone without the ScanLife app to get the same information from any barcode – QR, Datamatrix, EZcode and even a UPC code if the camera has auto-focus!! This is great for people that may not have the app, but we wanted to look at the cons & pros of each method to help you decide which one to use – and maybe it’s both.

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To help celebrate our recent investment from Motorola Ventures we’re giving away one of their hottest new phones.  The DROID is worth $599 – or thousands of hours of enjoyment!

All you need to do is open the ScanLife app, and scan this lotto code.  You will find out if you’ve one instantly!

You can read more here…

Anyone who’s not sure whether people want to convert their camera phone into a barcode scanner should take a look at this latest report from Mplayit, a smartphone app store specialist.  They looked at the most downloaded apps from the top three app stores – Android Market, Apple App Store, and BlackBerry App World.

There were a couple overall findings and one of the big ones is that people love their barcode scanners.  On each OS, there was one popular app which scanned barcodes and ScanLife is the leader on BlackBerry right now.

The analysis also showed that Barcode readers have recently shot to the top of the most sought after apps on all the three leading smartphone platforms. Currently, all of these platforms offer barcode solutions, though from different vendors.”If you’re switching to a new phone, you don’t want to give up functionality,” Powers continued. “It’s not really necessary to match Apple app-for-app to offer a compelling mobile experience. Android and other platforms only need to offer the best and the brightest, as well as the same utility and features.”

This is very encouraging, and we look forward to making ScanLife the cross-platform barcode scanner of choice.  We just started to update our apps for Android and iPhone, so if you haven’t tried them recently, please go ahead and get the latest versions.  Many more features will be coming soon, so stay tuned…

Read the full post here from Wireless & Mobile News.

Three years ago, we had an app here called Scanbuy Shopper which scanned UPC codes from products to show comparison product information.  The only problem was that the technology in camera phones was no where near read to read them, so we put it on the “shelf.”

Fast forward to 2009, enter the auto-focus camera!! Anyone who has purchased a new smartphone lately probably has seen that their camera now has auto-focus which allows you to take better, clearer pictures.  That little feature also helps you get more information from regular barcodes from millions of products you see every day.

We have just released new versions of our app to read “1D” barcodes (UPC/EAN/ISBN) for all of the three major smartphone operating systems – Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone!!

Just scan a UPC code from products like books, DVDs, or electronics to see pricing shopping information, consumer reviews, and even buy it right from Amazon.  We will be adding more features soon, but this is a great way to kick of the New Year.

Examples of phones with AF:

Android – Droid, Eris, G1, Hero, MyTouch
BlackBerry – Storm, Storm II, Tour, 9700
iPhone – 3GS

And of course, our app can also read all of the major 2D codes like Datamatrix, EZcode, and QR.  So, now all you need is ScanLife to read every kind of code you see…

Here is a demo running on the BlackBerry Tour:

Let us know what you think, and happy scanning!