Show floor video: Intelliscan Mini does handheld media inventory

Looks cool. But I got a handheld Bluetooth Flic off ebay for $50. It's awesome.

Chris, the device you are thinking of is the Qode Qoder, which was actually made by Intermec, and was even smaller than the CS1504. For some reason Intermec stopped selling it, however. The CS1504 has a more reliable laser scanner engine, on the other hand.

Chris, the device you are thinking of is the Qode Qoder, which was actually made by Intermec, and was even smaller than the CS1504. For some reason Intermec stopped selling it, however. The CS1504 has a more reliable laser scanner engine, on the other hand.

I remember something like that being handed out for $20 (or was it free) by some Bubble 1.0 startup. It was a keychain sized barcode scanner that you'd keep with you, and scan any interesting products you saw. When you came home and synced, their software would show you everything - and help you find better prices.

I might even still have mine in my gadget drawer. It was super cool to have such a small scanner.

I also had the barcode scanning Que-Cat, sent free to every subscriber of Wired magazine.

It is crazy that this costs so much. A scanner would be wonderfully useful (and worth paying for) if it cost $50, or even better - $30.

- Chris // www.technomadia.com

Well if it isn't open to any apps except theirs then its useless. to any home user. Delicious is the gold standard and no worky there then it wont get bought.

The scanner itself is just a rebadged Symbol CS1504, which costs about $100, you are paying through the nose for Intelliscanner's software.

There are a number of open-source driver programs, e.g. my own in Python ( http://www.majid.info/mylos/weblog/2006/03/27-1.html ) or Perl (http://www.obtainium.org/dev/cs1504/cs1504_pl.html).

Interesting idea, but for most home users, if it isn't operable with Delicious Library or have an open standard, then it's not much use.

For third party stuff you would need the soho model it seems. 299.00 Im not sure if it would work with delicious or not. Their soho looks really similar to the flic model DM sells

Too bad you can't use it with other software (like delicious library).. For that price they could at least make it interoperable with other software right?

Could you elaborate on the show special pricing, and the secret code or whatever you need, please?