Universal Support for Mobile Devices
bCODE's SMS-only delivery system provides the most ubiquitous mobile device support in the world today. No special chipset or software downloads required. It just works – everytime!
Comparison with other Mobile Identification Tokens/Technologies:
| bCODE | 1D or 2D Graphical Barcodes | RFID / NFC / Contactless Smartcard | |
| Message Delivery / Cost | Just an SMS/TXT | EMS or MMS Messages | Physical Token Distribution |
| Works regardless of phone type, carrier or country | Yes | No | No |
| No software downloads or data-plans required | Yes | No | No |
| Works for iPhones, Blackberry's and PDAs | Yes | No | No |
| Manual code input backup | Yes | No | No |
| Instant offer delivery from text opt-in to a shortcode | Yes | No | No |
| Easy to save and store numerous different tickets and offers on mobile device | Yes | No | No |
| Easy Forward to Friends and Family | Yes | No | No |
* NOTES & DISCLAIMERS: Above comparison based on our assessment of information made publicly available on the web. Device dependency for barcodes based on requirement to know model number for transmission of graphical messages. Device dependency for RFID based on special chipset that needs to be present. Pre-registration is required due to device dependency. Support for PDAs and other devices based on whether the message formats are supported. Storage of numerous tickets based on message size and device memory. For RFID/NFC, storage of numerous multi-formatted tickets not yet determined. Live SMS Marketing backchannel based on non-pre-registered users, so barcode and RFID techhnology cannot respond. Forward to friends and family based on inter-device message forwarding compatibility.