Microsoft's mobile barcode technology, Tag, has exited the beta testing phase, and a final launch is obtainable for download, the corporation said in a blog post.

When a consumer points a mobile code camera on a barcode the Tag customer will understand the code, and link to a diversity of happy. For instance, Golf Digest has been using tags to let their reader’s access video lessons on smartphones.

In Amsterdam, visitors are able to go on a Tag-led tour, by tags on monuments, museums, restaurants, bars, and other landmarks, according to Microsoft. In its easiest form, Tag links straight to a Web page, the blog post said.

Tags can too be used to dial a phone number when the client scans the tag a phone number is mechanically dialed.

In addition Microsoft's operating system, the Tag user is obtainable for Android, BlackBerry, the iPhone, Symbian and PalmOS.

A Java-based version, which would open the door for running the application on cheaper phones, is under development.

Above 1 billion tags contain been printed because Tag was released about 18 months ago, by Microsoft. Prospect plans for the technology contain advanced reporting and analytics and immediate site services, the blog post said.