Apr
13
We thought it might make sense to create a distinct home for our free barcode scanning libraries and thought http://www.freebarcodescanner.com would work. If you need a scanning library for your mobile app and you don’t have a lot of money, consider using our free library. We use it for ShopSavvy – the world’s leading price comparison application – I bet it would work for your project too.
Free Barcode Scanner SDK and Library
Apr
8
There never seem to be enough hours in the day to do all the cool stuff we want to do. We have planned on releasing our barcode scanning libraries for quite some time. Many of you have been patiently awaiting their release. I am happy to announce that we are releasing our iPhone Barcode Scanner SDK today.
Our scanner library works really well on all flavors of iPhones (2G, 3G and 3GS). You guys are getting EARLY access to this new library (it isn’t even released on ShopSavvy yet). The SDK support 1D (UPC and EAN) as well as 2D (QR and Datamatrix) scanning.
If you previously requested it I emailed the link earlier today, for the rest of you feel free to download it right now. There is no cost, but you will need to execute our license agreement within 30 days.
If you have any questions please email support@biggu.com and include the following information: name of app, description of app, your name, email, phone and your issue. Support will be provided to all licensees (i.e. if you haven’t executed our license agreement please do so before requesting support).
We are really excited to see what you all come up with using our library – definitely keep us posted and let us know if we can help you be successful. There will be a second release of the library next week that includes some additional features (FYI – our license requires that you update within 30 days of a new release).
Feb
22
We mentioned it previously, but we have decided to license our barcode scanning libraries for iPhone and Android at no cost. There is no fee. Users of the library agree to our simple license agreement whereby they agree to three primary terms. First they agree to provide us with any source data – i.e. data that is called by the client scanning app (in our case it is product and pricing data) – and resulting data – i.e. data that is generated by the client app (in our case it is the location data). Companies that license the library agree to provide the data for the life of the application (even if the application stops using our library for any reason). Second they agree to keep the ‘powered by ShopSavvy’ branding and link provided inside of the library. Third they agree NOT to redistribute our scanning library without permission.
If you are interested please complete the following and email to sales@biggu.com:
Our current platform supports Android and iPhone 3GS (and slow 2G/3G scanning). Our next release should support Android, iPhone 2G/3G/3GS, Windows Mobile and Blackberry. Here is an example of the branding inside the scanning library:
Nov
25
We have decided to license our barcode scanning technology under two free models:
We have scanning libraries for Android AF, Android non-AF, RIM, 2/3G iPhone, 3GS iPhone and Windows Mobile. If you are interested just email or call Jennifer Donica at 1+214.550.3534 jdonica@architel.com.
Nov
5
We spent hundreds of man-hours developing a barcode scanner that would work on almost any smartphone camera – fixed focal length or variable focal length – iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile or RIM. It occurred to us (after receiving hundreds of phone calls and emails) that developers might want to use our technology for their own apps. There are a few other companies that license their barcode scanning technology, but they usually want a cut of the sales of a developers application in the app store (typically 10%). We had a different idea. What if we licensed our barcode scanning technology (including performance updates) for FREE? Our plan is to allow developers to keep 100% of their app store revenue (either on iPhone or Android). What is the catch? We want to help you publish your app!
Developers who license our barcode scanning technology for their application would agree to allow our company, Big in Japan Inc., to publish their application in either the Apple App Store or the Android Market. Our publishing agreements assume we can drive significant non-app store revenue and as a result we only make money if we help you make MORE money. Specifically we retain 50% of all of the non-app store revenue we generate for the developer. We will help the developer make more money!
As part of our publishing agreement, our team would help the developer identify advertisers and sponsors, negotiate advertising revenue agreements, identify and negotiate alternative sources of revenue, identify distribution partners and negotiate distribution agreements. Additionally, we can help the developer apply for trademark and copyright protection, patent protection, find beta testers and provide access to real world, on staff, developers with experience with Android, iPhone, RIM and Windows Mobile. Learn more about our publishing model here.
Interested? Just send us your email address and an explanation of your app and we will forward you the license and publishing agreement. Send to sales@biggu.com.
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