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Show floor video: Intelliscan Mini does handheld media inventory
We are blessed on the Mac platform with many good ways to keep track of our stuff -- but Intelliscanner takes it to the next level, with a range of integrated scanner and software solutions that will have you tracking your movies, books, wine and comics with barcoded accuracy and ease. We visited the Inteliiscanner booth at Macworld for a demo of the Mini, a handheld scanner that can hold 150 item scans before downloading via USB to the host. The bundle retails for $299 
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DrWho said 8:53AM on 1-23-2008
Wonder if that would ever work with delicious library, scanning stuff with the isight camera can be a bit hit and miss
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hohum said 3:28PM on 1-23-2008
Why not just get the barcode scanner that DM sells to go with DL? It's really quite a nice little laser scanner, stores (100, I think) UPCs in memory, and connects painlessly over Bluetooth. If you have a large personal inventory, it makes the scanning much quicker, compared to the often wonky iSight scanning.
artifex said 8:54AM on 1-23-2008
Could you elaborate on the show special pricing, and the secret code or whatever you need, please?
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Michael Rose said 9:17AM on 1-23-2008
Trying to confirm with them now that the special is still ongoing -- I thought I caught the code in the video but clearly I didn't. Moment please...
artifex said 10:11AM on 1-23-2008
I don't know, you might have caught the code. Viddler kept pausing and stuff and I gave up on it. :)
Byron Fortescue said 9:25AM on 1-23-2008
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?
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Sam Mayes said 10:22AM on 1-23-2008
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
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Ron said 10:22AM on 1-23-2008
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.
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Fazal Majid said 10:57AM on 1-23-2008
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).
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MarioDuke said 1:01PM on 1-23-2008
Fazal, would the CS1504 work with the Intelliscaner software or do you think Intelliscanner has a way to block third party hardware?
Chris Dunphy said 11:27AM on 1-23-2008
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
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Sam Mayes said 11:27AM on 1-23-2008
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.
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Fazal Majid said 11:38AM on 1-23-2008
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.
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Fazal Majid said 11:43AM on 1-23-2008
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.
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krye said 9:17PM on 1-23-2008
Hey that's pretty cool. Very expensive, but cool.
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navstar said 12:54PM on 1-24-2008
Looks cool. But I got a handheld Bluetooth Flic off ebay for $50. It's awesome.
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