Here is something we wish we had during the show: the DocuPen RC800, a portable color scanner. This full-page scanner will let you copy text and graphics (like those big heavy press kits) faster than Harry Potter can wave a wand, or at least so says the company. The battery-operated device can scan a full page in about four or five seconds and store up to 100 pages in memory. A Universal Mobile Charger can read nine types of portable memory cards, and offers connection to a PC via USB so you can transfer your scanned files to a computer, mobile phone or other devices. Best of all it means you can scan the page and leave the annoying paper behind!
Hmmm, if it seems too good to be true, it often is.
I purchased one of these last year, and it’s now sitting motionless at the bottom of my desk drawer.
It took months to arrive (in Australia) (after many weekly emails enquiring of the status), and arrived looking like a prototype/refurb/factory-second. (their website seems to call it “re-certified”).
* Setup and scanning is impossibly fiddly.
* Data transfer is painfully slow.
I haven’t tested the memory card slot because I don’t have a mico-xd card.
It has great potential to be a great gadget… but they really need to lift their game before they can justify charging US$300.
Battery power? I’ve had other pen devices and they typically chew through batteries in just a few uses. Is this one of those devices that will drain the battery unless you remove it when not in use??
We love this thing, read below:
http://spungle.blogspot.com/2006/07/docupen-rc800-verdict-amazin.html
Looks like someone needs to make a utube video of one of these in operation.
That video doesn’t show squat.
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