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Bluetooth SPP Data Acquisition GetBlue is an Android App which captures data from a data-source ( Bluetooth SPP, TCP and Camera Scanners ) and forwards the collected data to an adjustable data-sink (TCP, HTTP, File, Display, Online Spreadheets provided by Google Docs, GetBlue virtual keyboard). Data collection is done completely in the background. Bluetooth SPP Connection Problems Recently some users reported problems when using Bluetooth SPP (Serial Port Profile) devices with GetBlue: A Bluetooth SPP device can be paired without problems but GetBlue is unable to connect to it. A Possible Solution In order to avoid the connection problems please do the following in EXACTLY the given order : a) Disable all GetBlue functions: Set datasink to "None", do NOT use keyboard output and deactivate the GetBlue keyboard in Android settings (required only if previously enabled). b) Reboot the phone c) Enable Bluetooth d) Pair the Bluetooth device with your handset (Android set...

TEC-IT released a short video on YouTube which demonstrates the use of the Bluetooth Reader GetBlue. You will learn how to configure GetBlue in order to be used as Bluetooth software wedge. The Bluetooth barcode scanner must be paired with your Android handset, then it is adjusted as input device for GetBlue. As data-sink (the target application for the scanned data) the GetBlue Keyboard is selected. Using this configuration  it is possible to inject captured barcode scanner data as virtual user input into each application. See for yourself: GetBlue acts as "middleware" between hardware and apps. Thus, each (legacy) Bluetooth bar code scanner supporting the serial port profile can be used. The video quality is satisfying - but far away from perfect. We will produce a HD video with sound in the near future. In the meantime we are awaiting your video comments! Many thanks! Video: How to use Bluetooth Barcode Scanners with Android

UPDATE:  Bluetooth/TCP Reader GetBlue for  Android™  TEC-IT ( https://www.tec-it.com ) published version 0.5 of GetBlue ! GetBlue is a smart application which  communicates with Bluetooth and TCP/IP devices . The new version supports bi-directional device communication.  In addition to its simple TELNET like functionality, GetBlue captures serial Bluetooth ( SPP/RFCOMM )  or TCP  data , displays it in a log window and forwards the collected data to an arbitrary server application. Data forwarding works even in the background or when changing screen orientation. Manually entered user data or server responses are sent then back to the device.  All important communication parameters are adjustable: GetBlue can easily be configured to capture Bluetooth barcode data and forward it to a web-application via HTTP GET requests HTTP Post requests Plain TCP sockets  In addition it can be adjusted whether server responses should be sent back ...

TEC-IT joined the Android™ Community! TEC-IT ( http://www.tec-it.com ) published  GetBlue  - its first free App for Android smartphones ! GetBlue is a smart application which communicates with Bluetooth and TCP/IP devices . The user is able to connect to arbitrary Bluetooth devices supporting the Serial Port Profile (SPP), receive and display device data immediately and finally to send manually entered data or control commands to the device. In addition to Bluetooth SPP GetBlue supports connectivity via TCP sockets. We encourage you to give it a try! GetBlue is completely free and is intended as debugging/testing tool for Android users. When browsing the Android Market with your handset just search for the term  GetBlue ! The screen-shot shows barcode data scanned with a Bluetooth barcode scanner paired with a Google G1. GetBlue is available for Android 1.5, 1.6, 2.0 or higher. It was tested with Google G1 and Motorola Milestone/Motorola Droid. For more informati...

It seems that Google is trying to educate the world with bar code know how . As of 10/07/2009 the start page of Google displays a bar-code instead the usual Google logo. If you click on the bar code image you get search results for the term "Bar Code" (in google.com) or "Strichcode" (in Germany/Austria).

Part 2: How to generate barcodes with OpenOffice. Also check out part 1: Using Barcodes in Google Docs Introduction OpenOffice is a free software suite which mimics (more or less) Microsoft Office. In Microsoft Office bar-code creation is possible via various methods (using barcode fonts, pre-created barcode images or by using a barcode add-in like TBarCode). Until now no quality bar-code add-ins are available for OpenOffice and 2D barcode creation using fonts is terrible. So I'll outline a possibility to create bar-codes without any barcode fonts and without any additional barcode software. How to Create OpenOffice Barcodes for Free To generate bar codes (ALL barcodes - meaning linear barcodes, 2D barcodes like DataMatrix and GS1 DataBar codes) all you need is an internet connection. The basic idea is to insert an barcode image generated by the online barcode generator of TEC-IT. This barcode generator is customizable via the URL - so it is possible to create each bar-code as ...

Compared to the remaining entries of this blog, this one is completely off-topic: it covers the Google service Web-History, Google's Chrome browser and privacy. Personally, most of the time I am using the Chrome browser and I am logged on with my Google account. At some time in the past I have decided to try Google's Web-History service (in German it is named Google Webprotokoll). A few days ago I checked the entries in the web-history service. Surprise, surprise - the service works as expected ;-). Google lists each search term I have entered in Google. Thousand of entries were stored for my account - back till 2007. Because of this huge amount of search terms I decided to delete them. I also found time to check out Google's privacy policy regarding the Web-History service in detail. Unfortunately the privacy policy of Google provides no details - it is quite unclear: "You can delete information from Web History using the remove feature, and it will be removed from t...

ShopSavvy is quite an interesting application available for Google’s Android mobile phone G1. Since a few weeks I use such a G1 and I gave this application a try. What is ShopSavvy? ShopSavvy is some sort of shopping assistant: It enables you to compare prices of products quickly. The most interesting feature is that such comparisons are based on the product barcode (e.g. an EAN code ). The barcode is decoded with the built in camera of the G1 (no manual key-in required) - and ShopSavvy then digs the deep wide web for identical products, their pricing - and possible shopping alternatives. Great idea and quite funny for some minutes. I imagined myself standing in front of some product, decoding the bar code and thereafter bargaining with the seller (and using the G1 as the perfect discussion base). Because price comparison has never been easier I can also imagine that some shop owners will hate this application. Especially for highly-priced products such an online price comparison makes...