Socket's Cordless Ring Scanner Series 9
"Tired of picking up and putting down a scanner every time you need to scan a bar code?" reads the copy for Socket's new Cordless Ring Scanner Series 9, and it's like they've totally been reading our minds. Seriously, even though we haven't done the bar code thing since our pre-Engadget days at the corner grocery, we definitely see the advantages of a light, wearable, Bluetooth scanner for the repetitive drudgery of inventory management. The CRS Series 9, which will available through direct channels next month, is made of ruggedized LiquidMetal (since it's trademarked it must be good tech) and consists of a small Class 2 laser tacked to a finger ring and tethered to a wrist-mounted Bluetooth transmitter. Included keyboard emulation software allows the bar code data to be directed into empty fields of any PC application, and even lets the user remotely enter carriage returns and tabs. If this product's non-consumer status wasn't obvious to you already, the $1200 price tag should help clear things up.
Update: Frankly we're kind of shocked that no one has picked up on this yet, but this CRS is the exact same one that we brought you here several months back, with the addition of a pic. Luckily for us, the "Mike" mentioned below tipped us on the official release. In completely unrelated news, the "Mike" mentioned below as well as commenters from this post and two others calling themselves "Liza Mazredes," "Matt Guiler," and "joe mama" all share the same email address. And in more unrelated news, the previously-mentioned commenters have all left comments (since deleted) touting the wonders of a technology from a certain company that we won't mention because they don't deserve any more PR. That is all. Now back to your regular programming...
[Thanks, Mike]
