Hasta La Gadget!

I can neither confirm nor deny that Hamrick’s choice of source material influenced my decision to write this post

VueScan Mobile is an iOS app which will let you scan from your wireless scanner direct to your iPhone or iPad, no computer required. The list of supported scanners is huge, and the software works with pretty much every wireless Epson, Canon and HP scanner out there.

Hamrick software’s Vuescan desktop app has been around for years. It has proved a good way to use old scanners with modern computers when they have been abandoned by their manufacturers. And the software offers an embarrassment of advanced features not found in the makers’ own drivers.

Vuescan Mobile is a lot simpler, although it uses the same source code as its older brother. It connects to scanners on the same Wi-Fi network (the details are on the site, along with a list of supported machines) and pulls scanned images across the network straight to your device.

From there, you can mail images, save them to your camera roll or open them as JPGs or PDFs in any other apps that support this. Thus, you could scan a page of text and pictures and send it straight to Evernote to be magically OCR’ed.

I no longer own a scanner, but if I did, I’d grab this $5 app right away. I used the OS X version for years, and the app store reviews say it works flawlessly.

Vuescan Mobile product page [Hamrick]

Vuescan Mobile app page [iTunes]

See Also:

• Doxie Go Scans Direct to iPhone, iPad
• AirPrint

Despite Steve Ballmer’s apparent disdain for the Googly OS, he must love it really. He’s now making money from ten separate Android and Chrome licensing deals, having just inked yet another agreement with Compal — a large Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM) that builds tablets and smartphones for brands like Lenovo. From this point on, a “reasonable and fair” chunk of Compal’s $28 billion annual income will be diverted to the coffers at Redmond. Overall, this means that Microsoft’s tentacles have spread across 55 percent of the Android ODM industry and — more importantly — are poked firmly into two different mobile OS pies. As cut-throat as this approach might seem, however, it’s surely better than freezing the market with cold and ceaseless waves of litigation. PR after the break.

[Thanks, Majed]

Continue reading Microsoft signs Compal deal, now takes money from half of all Android ODMs

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A wrist-mounted note storage and retrieval system

My mother used to tell me and my brother that writing on our hands would give us “blood poisoning.” Years later, I still write on my skin, and I’m still alive (despite also poisoning my blood nightly with whisky). And yet I can’t help the feeling at the back of my mind that my mother was right.

So I might switch to Post-It Watches, these cute little watch-shaped Post-It notes from Montre. They’re gummed at one end of the “strap” so you can wrap them around your wrist with reminders written on them.

Or you could just draw a really cool clock face on there, perhaps permanently displaying 13:37.

The notes come in pads of 100 for €9.80 ($13.60) and are available now. One note: My French is bad enough that I may have missed the gag on the product page, but surely this should be called the “Watch It”?

Post-It Watch product page [PA Design via BoingBoing via Twitter]

See Also:

• Pointy Post-It Notes Are Better Than The Original
• Pock-It: A Post-It Note, Pimped
• Desk-It, a Paper Calendar That Sticks to Your Computer

The Nexus One, grandaddy of Android’s latest pure-bred wonder, appears to have some fight left in it. Developer drl33tmd has managed to coax the old man into running an early port of Ice Cream Sandwich, although it’s not perfect. The somewhat unstable build is a bit sluggish, and suffers from media playback issues and a distinct lack of WiFi. Check out the demo after the break to see the original Google smartphone struggle up some increasingly steep software stairs.

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This article was written on October 07, 2007 by CyberNet.

Not everybody has nor wants to jump on the iPod bandwagon so that they, like millions of others, can waltz around with their signature white headphones. If you’re one of those people that refuses to get an iPod but you’re still wanting a digital media player, there are plenty of great alternatives. Here are just five of the many available.

1. Zune
   The 30GB Zune is getting replaced in about a month with the new 80GB hard drive version and the 4GB and 8GB Flash versions, but it’s still a great buy, especially because there will really be no differences in terms of software between the “old” and “new” Zune’s. It’s got an intuitive interface, you can play audio, video, view photos, and even listen to FM radio. With the new versions coming out soon, you’ll likely find some great deals (like this one) this month.
   
2. Creative Zen
   Using the Creative Zen 16GB MP3 player you can watch 64 hours of video, or enjoy up to 4,000 of your favorite songs. You can also share hundreds of your photos on the 2.5 inch color display.  It’s got a clock and alarm function, volume restriction, eight equalizer settings, and a USB hard drive mode. The Creative Zen 16GB model is priced at $249.99
   
3. SanDisk Sansa e280
   Unlike the iPod, the Sansa features FM radio and has an easily replaceable battery. It also has a voice recorder, and you can record from the radio. It’s got a great interface and uses a scroll wheel with four buttons to control the player. It’s flash based and has room for 8GB of songs, videos, photos, and voice recordings. The Sansa e280 is priced at $131.39.
   
4. Toshiba Gigabeat 30GB Portable Media Player
   Like most portable media player devices (excluding the iPod) this Toshiba player includes a built-in FM tuner.  It’s got a 2.4 inch WVGA display, and will run about 20 hours per charge. This is a great player for movies, photos, and videos, and is priced at around $255.00.
   
5. Sony 8GB Video MP3 Player
   Priced at around $209.00, the Sony 8GB MP3 Player features up to 33 hours of battery life, high quality video playback at 30 frames per second, and includes an FM tuner with 30 station presets. Of course you can watch videos too on the bi-directional LCD display.
   

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