World’s smallest full-page color scanner
April 11, 2012
ScanStik (credit: Planon)
The $160 pen-sized ScanStik just announced by PlanOn System Solutions is a compact portable color scanner for mobile professionals and students.
Unlike other pen-sized scanners, which only scan a line at a time, ScanStik scans the whole page in one sweep, like a flat-bed scanner, in just four seconds, the company says.
It has a MicroSD memory slot, 24-bit/600 dpi resolution, rechargeable battery, USB connector for charging/uploading images to a computer, and bundled OCR and image software.
Comments (3)
by GatorALLin
Have to agree with Melajara…. everyone I know uses their phone cameras for the purpose of scanning. That and most phones can autoload the pictures almost instantly up to photobucket.com or similar shared/photo site…. just too easy. I know a few friends who use apps to scan their receipts for business, etc… all use the phone now (used to be scanner based). I am sure this pen idea has better resolution, etc… but most phones seem ‘good enough’. I have to wonder if we will talk about the scanner like we do the fax machine?
by melajara
Well, whoever has a smartphone can do the same, for free.
by Mindgasm
I had no idea there was no market for scanners anymore.