Barcode Reader on Windows Mobile

If you want to use your Windows Mobile device camera to read some bar codes, have a look at the following:

2D Barcode (aka QR code)

QuickMark v3.3 barcode reader freeware for Pocket PC windows: www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-quickmark-v3-3-barcode-reader.html

i-nigma barcode reader v1.40 freeware for Pocket PC windows mobile ...
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-i-nigma-barcode-reader-v1-4.html
QR code generator: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

1D Barcode:

Microsoft Aura (http://aura.research.microsoft.com/Aura/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabNam%20e=Home).

Demo version at http://web.archive.org/web/20070305031155/http://aura.research.microsoft.com/aura/AuraU.CAB

IMARS Ibars (for PC) : http://www.mobileama.com/Barcode.htm, (Download Section)

For 1D bar code, unless your Windows Mobile device has specialized hardware to scan bar codes (such as the Symbol's MC-series devices) , it will be difficult to get the built-in camera to recognize 1D bar codes, even on high end phones with a high resolution camera. This is because 1D bar code was not designed with error-correction capability, so a high resolution and clear picture is required for the image processing algorithm to successfully detect the bar code. A picture taken with a phone camera would not meet this requirement most of the time. You will most likely need a scanned image of the bar code for the image processing algorithm to work reliably.

You will be more likely to successfully scan 2D bar codes just by using the built-in camera. These bar codes are designed with error correction capability to recover missing data due to unclear spots on the image. However, 2D bar codes are not widely used yet.

References: Barcode Reader Software