Installing Brightkite Beta on Android
by Volker Weber
Techcrunch has instructions. And it's quite an experience. First step is to use Barcode Scanner to read the URL from the screen:
This will extract the URL from the QR Code:
Which then instructs the browser to download the package:
Almost there, just let the phone install the package:
There we are:
Comments
Looks like a marketing gag to me. It's just a url. Other sites just make the image itself clickable: see in the upper left corner
That way you can just launch it from your phone.
Of course. But what would you do if you are reading the site on your computer? Well, you could type in this short URL. But I find it kind of neat to just point your phone at the screen.
True.
QR Codes are a nice thing. Seldom used in germany, but they are nice. On the iPhone i use NeoReader to read them.
Standard in Japan for quite some time...
But there most people use their ketai (mobile phone) for Internet access.
