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QR codes can be used in Google's mobile [[Android (operating system)|Android]] operating system via both their own [[Google Goggles]] application or 3rd party barcode scanners like [[ZXing]] or [[Kaywa]]. The browser supports URI redirection, which allows QR codes to send [[metadata]] to existing applications on the device. Nokia's [[Symbian]] operating system features a barcode scanner which can read QR codes,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europe.nokia.com/support/product-support/nokia-n80/phone-software/smartphone |title=Nokia Europe{{ndash}} Nokia N80{{ndash}} Support}}</ref> while mbarcode<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maemo.org/packages/view/mbarcode/ |title=package overview for mbarcode |publisher=Maemo.org |accessdate=28 July 2010}}</ref> is a QR code reader for the [[Maemo]] operating system. In the Apple iOS, a QR code reader is not natively included, but more than fifty paid and free apps are available with both scanning capabilities and hard-linking to URI. With [[BlackBerry]] devices, the App World application can natively scan QR codes and load any recognized Web URLs on the device's Web browser. [[Windows Phone 7.5]] is able to scan QR codes through the [[Bing]] search app.
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In the USA, QR code usage is expanding.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} During the month of June 2011, according to one study, 14 million mobile users scanned a QR code or a barcode. Some 58% of those users scanned a QR or bar code from their home, while 39% scanned from retail stores; 53% of the 14 million users were men between the ages of 18 and 34.<ref>August 16, 2011 http://www.internetretailing.net/2011/08/14m-americans-scanned-qr-and-bar-codes-with-their-mobiles-in-june-2011/</ref>
▲[[File:Z80-Tianjin -Beijing.jpg|thumb|QR code printed on Chinese train tickets]]
While the adoption of QR codes in some markets has been slow to begin (particularly in markets such as the United States, where competing standards such as [[Data Matrix]] exist), the technology is gaining some traction in the smartphone market. Many Android, Nokia, Blackberry handsets, and the [[Nintendo 3DS]], come with QR code readers installed. QR reader software is available for most mobile platforms. Moreover, there are a number of online QR code generators which enable users to create QR codes for their own needs.
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