Is the xerox mobile scanner good? ‘very good’ says pc magazine
Pleasanton, calif.--(business wire)--the news is good, “very good” indeed about the xerox mobile scanner. that’s the rating it received march 31 from pc magazine, the popular go-to source for reviews of computers and related products. reviewers wrote “scanning with the mobile scanner couldn’t be easier.” xerox (nyse: xrx) is celebrating the awards and recognition won by its xerox mobile scanner, launched just four months ago. to date, the cordless mobile scanner has won the pc magazine editors’ choice award; received a near perfect 4.5 out of 5 star rating from pc world magazine, network world magazine and about.com and garnered positive reviews from the new york times, computerworld and laptop magazine. david pogue at the new york times wrote, “xerox has done a beautiful job of making its machine solid, simple and competent.” after putting the scanner through a thorough review, pogue determined that “the scans are clean, straight and sharp. you’d have a hard time telling them apart from the work of a big-footprint desktop flatbed home scanner.” the xerox mobile scanner is the first battery powered scanner that includes a 4gb custom eye-fi card that uses wi-fi to wirelessly transmit jpg images and multipage pdf files from the scanner to computers, mobile phones, pads and the cloud. a truly mobile device in every sense of the word, xerox mobile scanner gives users the power to take the information in their hand and share it with the world in seconds. using a free mobile app, the device is able to communicate wirelessly to a pc, android®, mac®, iphone®, ipad®, ipod® touch, or the cloud. recent reviews gave the highest marks to these features: no wires or cables needed battery delivers up to 300 pages per charge ability to scan without a computer wireless (wifi) transfer of scans to a smartphone or computer. reviewers at pcworld.com said the xerox mobile scanner “…delivers on its promise of quickly creating scans in popular formats and moving them wirelessly to pcs, mobile devices, or the web. while smartphone cameras can do some of this work for smaller documents, business travelers with more serious scanning needs should find the xerox mobile scanner a versatile and useful tool.” pricing, availability the xerox mobile scanner has a u.s. list price of $249.99 and is available immediately through retail and online channel partners, major resellers, and xerox and its agents and dealers. about xerox with sales approaching $23 billion, xerox (nyse: xrx) is the world’s leading enterprise for business process and document management. its technology, expertise and services enable workplaces – from small businesses to large global enterprises – to simplify the way work gets done so they operate more effectively and focus more on what matters most: their real business. headquartered in norwalk, conn., xerox offers business process outsourcing and it outsourcing services, including data processing, healthcare solutions, hr benefits management, finance support, transportation solutions, and customer relationship management services for commercial and government organizations worldwide. the company also provides extensive leading-edge document technology, services, software and genuine xerox supplies for graphic communication and office printing environments of any size. the 140,000 people of xerox serve clients in more than 160 countries. for more information, visit http://www.xerox.com, http://news.xerox.com or http://www.realbusiness.com. for investor information, visit http://www.xerox.com/investor. about visioneer visioneer provides a broad range of scanning solutions for the desktop, distributed and departmental document imaging markets as well as the mobile and remote business scanning segments. in 2003, visioneer combined its leading scanner technology with the xerox brand recognition to develop the xerox documate product line. visioneer and xerox documate high-performance business scanners and imaging software solutions offer users speed, image quality, advanced paper handling and ease-of-use with exclusive visioneer onetouch® technology. for additional information on visioneer and xerox scanning solutions, visit http://www.visioneer.com or http://www.xeroxscanners.com. visioneer offers both product lines under a single reseller partners program. the 20/20 perfect vision program optimizes var margins and sales opportunities through volume incentive rebates, sales support and marketing tools. additional information can be found at http://www.visioneer.com/2020. note: to receive rss news feeds, visit http://news.xerox.com/pr/xerox/rss.aspx. for open commentary, industry perspectives and views visit http://twitter.com/xeroxcorp, http://realbusinessatxerox.blogs.xerox.com, http://www.facebook.com/xeroxcorp, http://www.youtube.com/xeroxcorp. xerox®, xerox and design®, and documate® are trademarks of xerox in the united states and/or other countries. visioneer® and visioneer onetouch® are registered trademarks of 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