@Bundyo

That is such a FABULOUS idea! I was thinking of the new wave of algorithms that can recognize faces and even geographical locations, but didn't mention it because I didn't see a useful purpose on the tablet (limited CPU and mem). Recognizing barcodes *is* tremendously useful, though. In fact recognition in general opens some pretty cool doors, a lot of it the N900 should be well capable of.

For one, warehouse workers would probably get a kick out of a bar-code reading system, but it would also be INCREDIBLY useful for the casual user. Imagine pointing it the barcode of an item in a shop and getting all sorts of info on that item?

Take it a step further, install an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on the tablet, and point the device at a storefront, a label, a menu, or a passage in a book, and have the tablet do an internet search on that very topic!

Not only is the device now 'location aware' but it is visually so as well.

I'm all for a camera on the back. With phones, it's a novelty, with the open general-purpose capabilities of the tablet, it's a revolution.


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