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In creating its Mobile Scanner, Xerox didn't bother reinventing the wireless wheel.
If you can live with that limitation, you might consider the new, straightforwardly named Xerox Mobile Scanner ($250).
But Xerox asserts that the Mobile Scanner is the only one that can scan PDF documents, wirelessly and directly.
When you unpack the silver plastic Mobile Scanner (it comes with an attractive black carrying case), the only setup is inserting the Eye-Fi card -- a 4-gigabyte model -- into a slot on the back and charging up the scanner's built-in battery, either from a wall outlet or from your computer's USB jack.
But the Mobile Scanner's truly useful twist is that it can be completely wireless.
The ScanSnap S1300 is supposed to be a mobile scanner.
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Instead, a consensus was agreed to pass containers of goods through high-tech mobile scanners for contraband – part of a $10m£7.7m7m) USAid investment – which would facilitate trade in a faster, more predictable way.
Mobile scanners, which are only slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes and can be clipped to an officer's belt, transfer vehicle license and registration data into computers, which can then use the information to check for warrants or fill out reports.
"There are a number of patients who we acknowledge have been waiting much longer than we would wish for, however we are urgently looking at a number of ways to alleviate this, including mobile scanners in the community and we are actively exploring the possibility of sourcing scanning facilities in alternative locations".
During the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, Cogent, along with another company, provided security personnel with mobile scanners connected to a fingerprint database.
But when coupled with the entire arsenal of technological tools being aimed at the American people, from license-plate readers, mobile scanners and iris scanners to full-body scanners in airports, biometric ID cards, etc., they become yet another layer in our surveillance society.
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