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UPS Mobile App Adds Barcode Scanning For Easier Package Tracking

Tuesday January 3, 2012 9:16 am PST by Jordan Golson
UPS has updated its iPhone app with two new features that make it easier to discover tracking numbers and follow shipments. The first, called scan-to-track, uses the iPhone's built-in camera to "capture the tracking information from a shipping label or UPS InfoNotice". The new auto-detect feature looks for a UPS tracking number on the iPhone's clipboard whenever the app is opened.

What's new

- Scan to Track: Use your smart phone’s barcode reader to scan package
tracking numbers to obtain updated information
- Tracking Number Automatic Population: the UPS app will automatically search
for tracking numbers saved on your smart phone and download them into the
UPS app for immediate tracking.

UPS Mobile is a free download from the App Store. [Direct Link]
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reden
Posted: 20 weeks ago



Yes, but does it really deserve to be on macrumors?


Maybe you don't deserve to be on MacRumors. It's like this is your website or something, and you designed, built and pay for it. I'll get you a "I survived the aftermath of the MacRumors article on UPS Mobile App Adds Barcode Scanning" T-shirt.
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surf2snow1
Posted: 20 weeks ago

Can you imagine how expensive shipping would be if you had to pay for a GPS transmitter for every package you send?

Let's be realistic.


Gps for the driver, not the package.
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ericrwalker
Posted: 20 weeks ago



Why is this news? Barcode scanning is nothing new...


It's new to the UPS app.
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applesith
Posted: 20 weeks ago
If I have the parcel in my hand to scan, do I really need to track it?
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nylonsteel
Posted: 20 weeks ago
re original article

ups needs an app to gps map where my driver is with my expected package
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rnizlek
Posted: 20 weeks ago


They already have this I'm sure, just for internal purposes I bet. It will ever be given to consumers. Maybe flight status tracker since you can't get to the plane, but not for trucks.


They do have this on most of their trucks already, but yes, it's only for internal use. Their new scanners also record the GPS coordinates of where the package is dropped in case there is an issue down the road. As for flight tracking, it's very easy to match up the tracking entries with flights by going to Flight Aware, if you really have a burning desire to watch your package fly across the country (assuming it's Air). No way to track the truck trailers or trains if it's going by ground, at least from a consumer perspective.
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nagromme
Posted: 20 weeks ago
This is awesome! I just got a package, but as I was holding it I thought... where the heck am I?? So I scanned the barcode, and got the delivery address. Turns out, I was home all along! :o

(I’ll probably appreciate it more for scanning those sticky notes from failed attempts.)
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1080p
Posted: 20 weeks ago
I prefer using the "Deliveries" app from Junecloud. It syncs and backs up your deliveries online. There is also a Deliveries widget for OSX.
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Eddloggg
Posted: 20 weeks ago





They already have this I'm sure, just for internal purposes I bet. It will never be given to consumers. Maybe flight status tracker since you can't get to the plane, but not for trucks.


As a UPS driver, of course they track every move, to package placement at the moment we scan for delivery. However, if the customer could understand that they are not alone in wanting their package, it would make our life a bit easier.
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wendland99
Posted: 20 weeks ago
Deliver Status touch does this and more and isn't limited to just UPS.
this is hardly worth any news...

this one is awesome:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/delivery-status-touch-package/id290986013?mt=8
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