When it comes to business card scanners it is all now a matter of choice really; when it comes to the size you want. Scanners are now available in different sizes. This article studies some of them in detail and you can make your own choice based on the information provided.
If you are looking for a portable business card scanner the size that you want is all now a matter of choice really. The way that scanners have revolutionized, size doesn’t matter anymore rather it is what the scanner is capable of doing that matters.
Every scanner will be able to carry out its basic function; that is scan cards, the difference will only arise on the extra features that are included in these gadgets. To understand better what I’m saying we’ll look at one or two.
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Kensington Potable Business Card Scanner
Allows you to handle your contact details with ease and this data is accessible whenever you need it. Considering its size it stores quite a lot of information. Exchanging the data between various devices is quite easy and does not take time.
Cardscan
If there is a scanner that defines portable business scanner then it is this one. Its unique and sleek design is quite stylish and it can interface with most operating systems and other hand held devices. It will be able to capture both sides of a card with a single scan.
Worldcard Color
This type of scanner is for those that are more into beauty and design more than anything. This scanner can recognize cards in different languages; 15 to be precise. If the contact details of an existing entry change, don’t worry you do not need to do a re-scan, it has inline editing capabilities.
There are many other kinds of scanners besides the ones mentioned here. There are others that you might want to look up. The ones that I’ve talked about here are the more preferred and recommended ones. Feel free to compare them with other models and packages.
When you’re on the go, 3G wireless broadband can be a wonderful thing. What if you need to share the 3G love with others? Both Windows 7 and Mac OS X offer built-in Internet sharing capabilities—a decent solution in a pinch, but lacking in the ability to manage who connects and how. A handful of mobile broadband routers have hit the market in recent years, with the Cradlepoint CTR350 positioning itself in the small and cheap end of the market.
The Ars Technica staff recently held an off-site at a Chicago-area hotel. When we found that the hotel wanted to charge us $250 for a broadband connection to the conference room, we decided to do it ourselves on the cheap. We found the CTR350 at Amazon for $99, ordered it, and had it in hand two days later.
Apple and Nintendo aren’t competitors—at least that’s the story Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo, is sticking to in his recent interview with the Wall Street Journal. According to Iawata, the two companies cater to very different markets, and thus any direct comparisons make him “uncomfortable.” Despite his comments, though, the two are not only in direct competition, but the iPhone OS devices may be the future of the portable gaming market.
While there have been cell phones with games for many years, there has rarely been a device that has been able to do both functionalities well. In the past, mobile ports of popular games have been terrible at best, meaning that individuals who wanted both functionalities had to carry around multiple devices. But no one wants to carry around numerous pieces of tech—if someone already has to carry around a phone, that person would much rather do gaming on that device if the capabilities were there.
Filed under: Hardware, Software, Hacks, iPhone
It’s impossible not to love a blog post that begins, “I found a way to remote control my R2D2 with an iPhone.”
The video above shows the author, ggpipe, using the iPhone’s accelerometer to control R2’s dome. Pretty cool. In the future, he plans to use the phone to send text to R2’s logic displays. We love it and can’t wait to see a fully assembled, iPhone-powered R2D2!
It’s great to see people extending the iPhone’s capabilities, and homegrown remotes are a cool choice. A couple of weeks ago, we posted a story about a guy who turned his iPhone into an R/C aircraft controller, and last year we saw Delphi’s Wireless Vehicle Access software that lets you control many of your car’s functions. Keep up the good work, everyone!
[Via Rick Yaeger]
TUAWiPhone-controlled R2D2 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 12 May 2009 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Harmon Kardon has decided to jump into the Blu-ray pushing business with its first player, the BDP 10. This slick number’s got all the features you’ve come to know and love in Blu-ray — BD-Live and Bonus View capabilities for online content, advanced audio codec support, 1080 / 24p playback, plus USB ports for DiVX and JPEG display. It’ll also boast HDMI 1.3a, Ethernet, coaxial and optical audio outputs plus good old two-channel analog audio outputs. The BDP 10 has only been formally announced for Europe so far, though it’s expected elsewhere (including the US) in the coming months. The player has a price tag of about €700 (around $940). Hit the read link for full spec sheet — but fair warning: it’s a PDF.
[Via Electronista]
Filed under: Home Entertainment
Harman Kardon intros its first Blu-ray player, the BDP 10 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 May 2009 20:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: iPhone, App Store, App Review
The number of dialers for the iPhone give a pretty good indication that this is functionality that needs to be built in. Last week we took at look at one clever dialer; here’s another. The Dial 9 visual dialer [App Store link] has a nice GUI and a couple of clever features, all for a reasonable $2.99US price.
This dialer keeps track of who you dial, and what numbers you use, and offers you those smart choices when you are ready to contact someone. Dial 9 will automatically import any images that are associated with your contacts, and I was glad to see when I updated a contact with a picture after I installed Dial 9, the app picked up on that without any intervention from me.
When you tap on a contact, you can call them at any number they use, send an SMS, send an email, view the contact or edit it if you like, and show a map of where the contact is. The map is just a link to the maps app on your phone, and once you select that you have to navigate back to Dial 9 from the home screen (a limitation of the current iPhone software).
You can arrange the icons however you like, or have the app arrange them. You can display a first name, first and last, or just images, and can change the background colors, or have different themes for different pages.
This is far from the only dialer for the iPhone. I counted 22 in the store, last time I checked. Faces Visual Dialer is another option at $0.99 (on sale) that has similar capabilities. You’ll find free dialers and pay dialers. Other apps mimic old style rotary dialers such as this one, and this one, while others support speech recognition like the AdelaVoice Dialer and VoiceBox Dialer (this isn’t meant to be a comprehensive list, just some samples).
I liked Dial 9. It looked nice, and had plenty of functionality. Help files are included and it worked as expected. The only downside of this app, and many that are similar, is that loading time is too long. It takes about 6 seconds to launch, likely because it is updating my contact list and loading images. 6 seconds isn’t an eternity, but it can seem like one when you are ready to call someone. It doesn’t really save you any screen tapping — if I use the iPhone contacts, or Dial 9, I am 3 clicks away from dialing in either case. It does save scrolling time though, if your contact list is large and your frequently called contacts are few. That’s my situation… I guess I need more good friends.
Here’s a link to a video if you want to see how it all works.
TUAWDial 9 is another smart dialer for the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Hacks, Odds and ends, Road Tested
A tweet this afternoon pointed me to a post by Dave “MacSparky” Sparks titled The Netbook Experiment, in which he talked about his disappointment with a Dell mini 9 netbook. Since I was about to send out a tweet to the world at large announcing the sale of my Dell mini 9, I found it fascinating that Sparks had a similar experience to mine.
I wrote about creating a hackintosh (AKA hackb00k) out of a Dell mini 9 in a long post back in October of 2008, and at that time I was fairly impressed with the low cost and capabilities of the device. However, after actually using the mini 9 for six months, I find it almost useless as a “real computer” and have decided that it needs to go. The moral of the story? You definitely get what you pay for, and a $499 computer is not going to be a productivity tool. Even if you delude yourself into thinking that since you’re only going to use it for email it will be a worthwhile investment, you’re wrong. If you want to know how I came to these conclusions, read on.
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TUAWRoad Tested: Why the hackb00k is a fail originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Earlier this week, PC security app vendor Trend Micro announced a new product aimed at Mac users. Smart Surfing for Mac (US$69.95 per user per year) provides antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-rootkit, and web threat protection, and also has a two-way firewall built in.
This, of course, brings up the old debate for Mac users. On the one hand, our 10% of the personal computing market is virtually free of the virus and malware attacks that plague the Windows world. On the other hand, should you be concerned enough to consider purchasing protection that might be overkill?
Some of the features of Smart Surfing for Mac could be very useful for users who might otherwise be in danger of certain nefarious schemes. For example, it blocks visits to dangerous websites and has anti-phishing capabilities. While I know enough to check the real URL of links in emails by simply hovering my cursor above them, there are a frightening number of people who don’t do this and who are at real risk of phishing scams. Parents might like Smart Surfing for Mac for their kids, as it restricts access by content categories, controls IM access, and also lets you block certain websites.
Are products like Smart Surfing for Mac expensive overkill, or are they cheap insurance against the remote chance of actually getting hit with a Mac virus, malware, or a scam? Let’s hear your opinion in the comments section!
TUAWBetter safe than sorry? Trend Micro Smart Surfing for Mac originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Combining two pretty great ideas in a way that is all kinds of illegal in the US, the China-produced NokiPhone N3000i looks to be a pretty straightforward iPhone ripoff with bonus N95-esque dual slider capabilities. The GSM smartphone’s got 3.2-inch QVGA screen, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, dual SIM support, microSD slot, and video recording capabilities. Price of admission is $129 right now, which according to chinagrabber is a hefty discount from its $400 MSRP. Your move, NOKLA.
[Via PMP Today]
Filed under: Cellphones
Keepin’ it real fake, part CXCIX: NokiPhone N3000i dual slider is one part N95, two parts iPhone, and six parts win originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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