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Portable scanners aren’t exactly anything new. There was the USB Mini Scanner that lets you scan small-sized cards and documents on the go; while the Copycat Scanner lets you scan high-resolution images of larger documents. The cool thing about the latter device was that you could transfer the scanned images to your iPad by connecting the [...]

Just when I thought scanners couldn’t possibly get even more portable or smaller than the Copycat Scanner, out comes the USB Mini Scanner. While you obviously won’t be able to do full-page scans with this teeny, tiny device, you can scan equally teeny, tiny stuff like photos, receipts, deposit slips, newspaper clippings, and whatever else [...]

I recently stumbled upon an old family photo album, which had a paper enveloped tucked inside that was stuffed with old film negatives. I thought of having most of it re-developed at the photo shop but after doing a final count on the number of shots I had (over two hundred), I changed my mind. [...]

Have you ever needed to scan documents or photos while you were on the go? It sucks having to take pictures of papers and other materials that you need a copy of when you don’t have access to a desktop scanner or photocopying machine wherever you might be. But that’s where the Copycat Scanner comes [...]

It seems as if the World’s Only Portable Full-Page Scanner with Preview no longer is the only one of its kind, because this new scanner from Ion looks a lot alike.

This is said to be the world’s only portable full-page scanner with the capability of providing a preview of the document on its 2.4-inch color LCD screen before saving it as a digital file.

The Quicktionary TS is a helpful hand-held scanning translator featuring an icon-based touchscreen menu and the capability to “scan a word or a full line of text and provide immediate word-by-word translation, including idioms and phrases.”