EXHIBIT 23.1



            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


Board of Directors
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.

We consent to the incorporation by reference of our Report of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm dated February 11, 2005 on the consolidated
balance sheet as of December 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements
of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003, included in this Form 10-KSB Amendment No. 1, into
the Company's previously filed Registration Statements (File Nos.333-33738,
333-36098, 333-42477, 333-85422, 333-99183, 333-101588, 333-103172, 333-107239,
333-109778, 333-110189, 333-110329 and 333-114123).


/s/ STONEFIELD JOSEPHSON, INC.

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Irvine, California
May 13, 2005