Xerox Mobile Scanner wirelessly sends files to your PC, iOS or Android device
If you're like us, you have to deal with your fair share of expense reports. Xerox is looking to make the task a bit easier with the Mobile Scanner. The device scans and wirelessly sends a PDF or JPEG (under 8.5-inches wide) to your PC, iOS and Android devices, making use of a 4GB Eye-Fi SD memory card. It gets better. The scanner is completely wireless and houses a rechargeable battery for true capture-on-the-go. Looking to splurge for one? You'll have to part with $249.99 when you're ready, as the tech is now available.
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Scan and Wirelessly Share PDF Files Instantly With the New
Xerox@ Mobile Scanner
Small cordless scanner sends JPG and PDF files to your computer, iPhone, iPud or
Android device vid Wi-Fi.
PLEASANTON, Calif., Jan. 9, 2012 - Your boss calls and asks you to send him a copy of
a client proposal. The only copy you have is on paper, and you're in the back of a taxi.
Without needing a computer or even a power connection, you use the new Xerox
Mobile Scanner to scan the proposal to a PDF file and wirelessly transfer it to your
mobile phone. You then email it to your boss in seconds.
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today announced the first battery powered scanner
that uses Wi-Fi to wirelessly transmit JPG images and multipage PDF files from the
scanner to computers, mobile phones, pads and the cloud. Using a free mobile app,
the device is able to communicate wirelessly to a PC, Android®, iPhone®, iPad®,
iPod® touch, or the Cloud.
Priced at only the Xerox Mobile Scanner is a small (2" x 2.75" x 'I 1.5") color
scanner that includes a li GB Eye-Fi SD memory card, carrying case, rechargeable
battery and charger. Simple to use, simply press the power button, select a file format
(PDF or JPG) and insert the document. The scanner's patented AutoLaunch
technology senses the page and begins scanning.
"The Mobile Sconner provides <1 quick, convenient woy to scon ond shore documents
when you're on the go," said John Copurso, vice president of morketing ot Visioneer, <1
Xerox licensing portner. "Untethering the sconner ond odding Wi-Fi reflects Xerox's
drive to moke life eosier for the mobile worker."
The maker ofthe world's first wireless memory card, Eye-Fi (www.eye.fi) was a
collaborative partner in the development of the scanner. Eye-Fi's patented and
patent-pending technology works with Wi-Fi networks to automatically send photos
from a digital camera to online, in-home and retail destinations.
"The Xerox Mobile Scanner is the perfect capture device to work with our technology.
We loved the idea and immediately knew that we were helping to design the future of
mobile capture devices," said Ziv Gillat, vice president of business development at Eye-
Fi, Inc.
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.
