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BlackBerry on scanR

Capture meeting notes and whiteboards with your BlackBerry

Now anyone with a BlackBerry Curve or Pearl can quickly capture notes and whiteboards in seconds.  scanR chose BlackBerry to showcase scanR Mobile v2, its new and innovative mobile application design, which makes it even easier to capture information on the run.  scanR Mobile for BlackBerry has many improvements including accessing the camera directly, enabling sharing from the address book, allowing quick access to view scans on the scanR website, and incorporating a simple step by step tutorial for first time users.  These new capabilities were designed to reduce the time needed to capture and share new scans, and to help people learn to use scanR.  Now people can put their Blackberry smartphones to work scanning, copying and faxing!

Take a look at some of the main screens in scanR Mobile for BlackBerry.

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Until last year, Blackberry smartphones were not available with cameras.  But a lot has changed in the last 12 months, which illustrates just how quickly and profoundly the mobile market shifts.  The biggest selling Blackberry smartphones are the Curve and the Pearl models, both of which now offer up to 2 megapixel cameras.  It was a big day for scanR when these new models were announced.  They signaled the complete acceptance of cameras across all phone segments, from the low-end all the way up to business devices.  As with the iPhone, we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of even better cameras on Blackberry smartphones.  Better cameras enable the full suite of scanR services, allowing people to scan business cards, office documents, magazines and books. For now, your BlackBerry Curve or Pearl is perfectly suited to capture your notes and whiteboards on the go.

Get scanR Mobile for Blackberry today by browsing to m.scanR.com on your phone or www.scanR.com on your computer.

Share paper documents and notes online

Now you can copy your documents and whiteboards using your camera phone, then share them online with your friends and co-workers. Many people already use scanR to quickly copy and distribute handwritten notes without rewriting them in email.  Until now scanR only sent PDF files.  This made it more difficult to collaborate with your team.  With online sharing, scanR lets you invite people to view the scanned image online in addition to downloading it as a PDF, text file or image. 

Shared scans can be viewed on computers or mobile phones.  For people who need to access their information while away from their computer or don't have regular access to computers, scanR can send invitations to view scans in SMS text messages.  This enables people you invite to view your documents on their phone, just by clicking a link in the message from scanR.  On phones, the link will open the scan on on the scanR mobile webiste.  Of course, you can invite and view shared scans on computers as well. 

Here's an overview of online sharing from the scanR mobile website. From the home page, find the scan you want to share.  Any you shared previously will display "Shared" and any shared with you with display the owners name.  Click the image to view the details.

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From the detailed view, you can download the image to your phone or share it with someone.  Click the Share link to share this page.

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Here you can enter an email address or a mobile phone number.  scanR will send invitations in email or as an SMS text message nearly anywhere in the world. 

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Once the person you invited views the scan, you will see a their name appear in your list of shared scans.  Clicking a name on this list will show all scans shared between you and them.

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Sharing is available on your phone at m.scanR.com and on your computer at www.scanR.com.

scanR wins MCPC award

scanR won the 2008 MCPC Mobile Consumer Award!

The MCPC (Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium) is a Japanese industry group consisting of 163 corporations, including  mobile operators, hardware manufacturers, software developers, and systems integrators. It is a big honor of a US based company like scanR to win this prize.

According to the MCPC, scanR won the prize because of its advanced technology that enables its scan, copy and fax service for mobile phones, and its applicability to a  broad range of business users and consumers.

Check out some of the scanR presentation and demonstration at the MCPC award banquet.

scanR Pro

scanR Pro: Unlimited Uploads and No Ads

Starting today, scanR will offer scanR Pro, a premium version of its award-winning service, that permits unlimited uploads and removes all advertising from its processed images.  People can choose from two plans: unlimited use for $2.99 monthly or $29.90 annually, or 40 uploads for $9.99.

scanR also offers scanR Trial, a free service with all of the features of scanR Pro, but limited to 5 uploads per month and with a scanR logo on processed images.  Both scanR services allow unlimited storage, online sharing, PDF creation, worldwide fax and synchronization with Facebook, salesforce.com and Plaxo.

Color documents

Color Document Scanning

scanR supports document scanning in full color! Before, all document pages sent to scanR were converted into black and white. Now, if you send photos of  magazines, newspapers, books, or other color pages to scanR, it will return high-quality digital copies in full-color.  You still get all of the benefits of scanR image processing, including cropping, rotation, focus enhancement, PDF creation, and conversion into text.

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scanR -- primetime and front page news in Japan

The scanR launch with au/KDDI went amazingly well. The media really likes scanR and gave us fantastic coverage.  There were quite a few articles, but two of the best were a front page article and a primetime TV news show.

scanR made the front page of the Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, a leading business newspaper.

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Here's an excerpt translated in English:

"Digitalization by mobile phones - for name cards and documents by U.S. ScanR. U.S. ScanR, a network related service provider, started a service that enables mobile phones to take and convert photo data of name cards, printed documents, noted whiteboards, into digital documents and can also perform data management."

scanR was featured on World Business Satellite, a top-rated news program from Tokyo TV.

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They demonstrated scanR with Japanese fax, whiteboards and business card scanning.  See the full broadcast (requires RealPlayer).

scanR available on au by KDDI in Japan

KDDI just announced that scanR will be part of its new mobile service, Business EZ. This new service for all au subscribers is a portal for productivity services, including calendars, information and now, scanR. It is the place to go for the latest tools to help people stay productive.  scanR is also part of the consumer content program and is available on the au EZweb portal.  For scanR, this marks the first major partnership announcement outside of the United States. 

As a US-based company, why did we partner with KDDI in Japan now? 

Japan leads the world in camera phone adoption
There are 100 million mobile subscribers in Japan and nearly all of them have camera phones.  These aren’t just toy cameras, the majority are 2 megapixels or higher and many include anti-shake compensation and high quality lenses.  As the first market in the world to achieve mass market penetration of digital camera-quality phones, Japan is an ideal place for scanR.

KDDI is a world leader in mobile services
The mobile phone brand for KDDI is “au”.  It is the fastest growing mobile service in Japan, adding 3 million subscribers in the last year.  This achievement is notable as the market is fully penetrated, so they are taking customers from the other mobile carriers.  To do this, KDDI differentiated from NTT DoCoMo with advanced phone capabilities and innovative mobile services.  As a result, over 10 million KDDI subscribers have 2 megapixel or better camera phones. 

KDDI is remarkable in its ability to introduce new services.  For example, recently KDDI introduced a mobile storage service for photos and email called My Page and gained 1 million paying subscribers in the first 3 months.  While GPS services are just getting started in other regions, KDDI launched navigation service called EZ Navi and gained 5 million subscribers paying 210 JPY a month.

KDDI and scanR
Today, KDDI and scanR announced the availability of スキャンR, the Japanese version of scanR for au phones.  Check the press release here (Japanese). スキャンR is a simple way to save and share paper information, including documents, whiteboards and business cards. Any Japanese subscriber can use the service for free up to five times per month, but only au subscribers can use the business card scanner that turns pictures of Japanese business cards into digital contacts. 

To try it in Japanese or English, go to http://m.scanr.com on any mobile phone. 

scanR goes live on 3neXt

scanR, a service that enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax, is now available on 3neXt from the 3 Group.

The 3neXt website (http://next.three.com for computers or http://3next.mobi for phones) provides a lively resource of applications and website reviews for X-Series users and others to continue exploring the world of mobile broadband. In addition to scanR, 3neXt offer links to an ever growing database of applications and websites.

“3’s X-Series phones are a glimpse today of the future for all of us. Each X-Series phone has a powerful camera and a flat-rate data plan, so people can freely capture and share the moments that are important to them. Now with scanR, 3’s X-Series phones serve as mobile document hubs, which allow users to capture and share their paper documents,” said Rudy Ruano, CEO of scanR.

scanR is the easiest way to convert paper into digital information, so people can store, share and search it. With scanR, people can capture the information from handwritten notes, printed documents, business cards and more, with their camera phones. To use scanR, just snap a photo and send it to scanR. The photo is converted into a clear document, with the keywords and contact information extracted from the text, and returned as a searchable PDF or vCard file. scanR will even synchronize your information with popular applications such as Facebook, Salesforce and Plaxo.

Director and General Manager of 3’s Handset and Application team Frank Meehan says, “the 3 Group is proud to offer a mobile application which allows customers to turn paperwork into useful digital information in a few simple steps. Customers now have the ability to use their camera phones to scan, copy and fax in creative ways, which are not only fun but incredibly useful.”

Class Notes on Facebook

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Class Notes by scanR is the easiest way to find and share notes from school on Facebook. If you missed a class or just want to see what your friends are studying, it’s easy to get electronic copies.  With scanR, you can share class notes that you wrote in a notebook, lecture notes that your teacher wrote on the whiteboard, or a page from a textbook.

There is no need to type your notes into an email. Just take pictures of your notes, send them to scanR, and get copies sent right into Facebook.  scanR will clean up and convert the pictures into clear, legible PDF files that are easy to share, view and print.  With Class Notes, you can see your friends’ notes and share your own, as easily as taking a picture!  Hey, we know you’re already on Facebook, now you can get some studying done while you are at it.

Here's a quick video tour:

To see your friends’ notes or upload your own, add Class Notes to your Facebook profile.

I’m not at student anymore, but Class Notes is not just for students. If you’re out of school, you can use it to share meeting notes and documents too.  Check out my Class Notes to see some examples.

scanR in Japan

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scanR Japan launched in Tokyo today.  You can use scanR in Japanese at www.scanR.jp.  Everything works in Japanese, including document tagging, search and international fax.  Business cards are coming soon. 

Download the press announcement (in Japanese).

Your Camera Phone and Digital Camera are now Business Card Scanners

scanR is the World’s Most Accurate Business Card Scanner

scanR, Inc. today launched the first service that enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan business cards. The scanR Business Card service extracts contact information from photos of business cards and delivers the results to popular electronic address books, such as Microsoft Outlook, or synchronizes them with Salesforce, Plaxo and Jigsaw. scanR Business Cards was announced during the DEMOfall ‘06 conference.

scanRSM works with the camera phones and digital cameras that people already have and requires no new hardware or software. Just snap photos of business cards, send them to bc@scanR.com, and scanR will extract the contact information with accuracy levels that far exceed the leading, cumbersome desktop products. No more lugging around another peripheral or stacking business cards back at the office to “scan in later.” Using devices already in your pocket or briefcase, you can now turn a business card into an electronic contact instantly.

scanR’s Business Card service isn’t just the easiest way to capture electronic contacts, it is also the world’s most accurate. Using its proprietary technology, scanR easily surpasses existing desktop card scanners, such as CardScan. In a recent study by Frost & Sullivan, a leading market research firm, scanR exceeded CardScan accuracy on the four most critical fields – person, company, phone and email address. This lead is likely to increase, as scanR actually improves its own accuracy as more cards are scanned. Full details of the study are available at http://www.scanR.com/Business-Card-Scanner.aspx.

“The bridge between business cards and electronic contacts is now complete and available to anyone with a camera phone or digital camera,” said Rudy Ruano, CEO of scanR. “Business cards are the latest addition to the scanR suite of paper to digital services which already includes whiteboard and document scanning.”

In addition to the launch of this new service, scanR is also announcing today the integration of its Business Card service with the premier contact management services offered by salesforce.com, Plaxo and Jigsaw. With these partnerships, millions of people utilizing these services can now use their camera phones and digital cameras to capture and manage contact information and sales leads. scanR users can add these services to their accounts immediately at http://www.scanR.com.

Pricing and availability scanR’s Business Card service works with most 2 megapixel or better camera phones and digital cameras and is targeted at US and Canadian cards. All scanR services are currently available as a free trial, although the company plans to introduce premium paid services.

About scanR, Inc. scanR enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax. Using scanR, people can turn paper into useful digital information in a few simple steps. The scanR service cleans photos of whiteboards, documents and business cards, extracts the printed information, and delivers a digital file to your email, contact manager, or fax. scanR is currently free and has tens of thousands of users located around the world. More information is available at http://www.scanR.com.

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scanR Business Card Scanner Service Now Available on Salesforce.com’s AppExchange

scanR, which enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax, and salesforce.com [NYSE:CRM], the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, today announced the availability of scanR for salesforce.com’s AppExchange. scanR for AppExchange makes it easier for customers of all sizes to enter and manage contact information and leads in the Salesforce suite of on-demand applications. Using scanR for AppExchange, salesforce.com customers will be able simply to snap a photo of a business card, send it to scanR and automatically get the contact information uploaded and synchronized into their Salesforce service. scanR for AppExchange is immediately available at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange and is free to use during the introductory period. scanR Business Cards was launched today during the DEMOfall 06 conference.

Studies indicate it takes approximately 90 seconds to type manually the information from one business card into an electronic contact manager. Because it is a tedious chore, business cards containing highly valuable contact information remain inaccessible and disorganized, buried at the bottom of briefcases and desk drawers. scanR solves this problem by enabling easy electronic capture, viewing, organization and sharing of business contact information using a device which people already carry with them – a camera phone or digital camera.

“The scanR Business Card service is the world’s most accurate business card scanner, yet it works with just your camera or camera phone,” said Andrew Laszlo, President and Co-Founder of scanR. “Combining high accuracy and low cost, scanR is an excellent fit for salesforce.com customers, whose success is dependent on accurately capturing and managing contact information and sales leads.”

“For salesforce.com customers seeking to harness the value of contact information, scanR for AppExchange is an ideal solution,” said Matt Holleran, vice president, AppExchange partners, salesforce.com. “With scanR, salesforce.com customers can easily capture contact information from business cards without having to type the information manually. Once captured, the information is then seamlessly synchronized and organized within Salesforce.”

scanR for AppExchange is one of more than 300 applications created by salesforce.com, its customers and partners that are now available on the salesforce.com AppExchange, the world's first on-demand application platform. AppExchange provides unprecedented ease of customization and integration for Salesforce deployments, as well as enabling a whole new generation of on demand applications that go beyond CRM. AppExchange enables all of these on-demand applications to be easily shared, exchanged and installed with one click into a salesforce.com customer's account. AppExchange can be found at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange.

About scanR, Inc. scanR enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax. Using scanR, people can turn paper into useful digital information in a few simple steps. The scanR service cleans photos of whiteboards, documents and business cards, extracts the printed information, and delivers a digital file to your email, contact manager or fax. scanR is currently free and has tens of thousands of users located around the world. More information is available at http://scanR.com.

About salesforce.com. Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand business services. The company’s Salesforce suite of on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand. AppExchange, salesforce.com’s on-demand platform, allows customers and partners to build powerful new applications quickly and easily, customize and integrate the Salesforce suite to meet their unique business needs, and distribute and sell on-demand applications at www.appexchange.com. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com’s world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.

As of July 31, 2006, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 24,800 customers and approximately 501,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental Car Group), Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust Banks. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM". For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.

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scanR and Jigsaw Make It Easy to Share Business Card Information

scanR, Inc. (www.scanR.com), which enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Jigsaw®, Inc. (www.Jigsaw.com), that will make it easier for people to enter business card information into their Jigsaw accounts. People will be able to snap photos of business cards using their camera phones or digital cameras, send them to scanR and get the contact information automatically entered into their Jigsaw accounts. 

The scanR Business Cards service will be publicly available this fall, as it is currently undergoing private beta testing. The scanR Business Cards service will support automatic transfer of business card information into popular electronic contact managers, including Microsoft Outlook and Jigsaw.

“scanR is a great additional service for the Jigsaw community, which is already adding over 12,000 contacts per day.  Easing the process of entering business contact information through scanR’s technology will dramatically contribute to the growth of our database, now over 3.5 million contacts strong,” said Jim Fowler, Chief Executive Officer of Jigsaw.

Jigsaw is an online business contact marketplace where marketers, recruiters, and sales professionals can buy and trade fresh and accurate business contact information. 

“Jigsaw is a truly innovative service for salespeople. Like many Internet services, its power is unlocked when people are freed from having to type a lot of information.  scanR will provide a simple way for people to transfer information from paper directly into their favorite services,” said Andrew Laszlo, President of scanR.

scanR and Plaxo Team to Synchronize Business Card Information

scanRSM, which enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Plaxo®, Inc., that will result in a quick and easy way for any Plaxo member to add business card information directly into their Plaxo smart address book. Using scanR’s Business Card service, Plaxo members will be able simply to snap a photos of business cards with their camera phones or digital cameras, send them to scanR and the information will be automatically added to their Plaxo address books.

The scanR Business Cards service is currently undergoing a private beta test and will be available this fall. The scanR Business Cards service will support automatic transfer of business card information into popular electronic address books, including Microsoft Outlook and Plaxo.

 “scanR is well aligned with our vision of helping people stay connected to the people in their lives,” said Peter Lester, vice president of strategic partnerships for Plaxo. “People receive contact information in a variety of ways. With scanR, we are providing our members with yet another way to combine these disparate sources into a single, self-updating address book that is accessible from within the tools and services they already use.”

Plaxo offers a smart, self-updating address book that can be used virtually anywhere so that members always have access to their most up-to-date information, wherever they may be. Plaxo members never lose touch with the people that are important to them due to the seamless address book updating that occurs between linked members. The Plaxo network has over 10 million members and is growing rapidly.

“The scanR Business Card service and Plaxo’s Smart Address Book are highly complementary,” said Andrew Laszlo scanR’s President. “scanR enables the easy capture, digitization and organization of business card information, and Plaxo’s service keeps that information up‑to‑date and readily accessible. By partnering with Plaxo, we can offer the scanR Business Card service to Plaxo’s 10 million plus members who have already demonstrated they really care about their contact information.”

scanR for Palm OS

scanR, Inc. today announced scanR Whiteboards will support Palm® Treo(TM) smartphones running on Palm OS®. The new application from scanR will utilize the enhanced capabilities of the new Palm Treo 700p smartphone, including the 1.3-megapixel camera and high-speed EvDO connection, to deliver a fast, easy solution for capturing notes written on whiteboards and turning them into useful digital files.

scanR Whiteboards uses advanced image processing technology to overcome frequent challenges such as low lighting, shadows, blurring, and skewed orientation to provide consistently high-quality results. People simply take a picture, upload it to scanR, and receive an exact scan of the whiteboard notes via email. Users can also choose to send the scanned image of the whiteboard to another email address, making it more efficient to share ideas and information.

"The Palm Treo 700p smartphone really shows its powerful new capabilities with scanR Whiteboards. We are excited to continue working with scanR to deliver mobile scanning solutions to our Treo customers," said Mark Bercow, senior vice president, Business Development, at Palm, Inc.

"With this new application, scanR is providing more choices for people who want an easy way to capture their critical information," said Rudy Ruano, Chief Executive Officer at scanR, Inc. "scanR Whiteboards for Palm OS is a great choice for people who have come to rely on the simple, intuitive Palm experience."

As the first Palm OS based Treo smartphone on EvDO, the Palm Treo 700p smartphone uses its fast data connection to speed email, messaging, large attachment downloads and web browsing. The speed also allows for streaming multimedia content, and the Treo 700p smartphone ships with Palm's first built-in streaming application. Treo 700p users also can take advantage of broadbandlike EvDO speeds on their laptop computers by using the new smartphone as a wireless modem via USB or Bluetooth® wireless technology. By using SD memory cards, currently available with 2GB of storage (sold separately), in addition to the 128MB of built-in memory (60MB dedicated user storage), users have plenty of room to download and carry important documents and multimedia content. More information about the Palm Treo 700p smartphone can be found at www.palm.com/Treo700p.

A free trial of scanR for the Palm OS will be available for download at http://scanR.com/treo in early Summer.

scanR Launch Announcement

scanR, Inc. today launched the first service that enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax.  Using scanR is as simple as taking a photo with a camera phone or digital camera and emailing it to scanR.  The service cleans photos of whiteboards and documents, automatically tags the keywords, and delivers the results as a PDF file in email or as a fax.

Image processing 
scanR uses advanced image processing technology to overcome common digital imaging challenges such as low lighting, shadows, blurring, and skewed orientation in order to provide consistently high-quality results in a wide range of conditions.  This allows people to get an exact digital copy of their information, quickly and easily, using the devices they already carry.

Document tagging
scanR helps people save information digitally and allows them to easily find the information using desktop search tools, such a Google™ Desktop or Microsoft® Windows Vista™.  Each document sent to scanR is tagged with the keywords extracted from the text on the paper.   This enables easy organization of documents scanned with scanR and quick searches for the original on the user’s desktop or related information from the web. 

Mobile faxing
scanR lets people email digital copies or send faxes while travelling or at home, without seeking and paying for a copy center. 

“Saving, finding, and sharing printed documents and handwritten notes are challenges that everyone faces,” said Rudy Ruano, CEO of scanR.  “scanR brings mobility to the multi-billion dollar scan, copy and fax market, by taking the scanner off the desktop and putting it in your pocket.”

“My job requires substantial travel, and as a result I am constantly looking for a Kinko’s or hotel business center to fax or scan contracts and diagrams,” said Joe Huebner, an enterprise sales executive.  “With scanR, I have the ability to immediately send paper-based information digitally.”

Pricing and availability
scanR works with most 1 megapixel or better camera phones and digital cameras.  Camera phone users should check scanR.com for information on support for their particular model and mobile carrier.  Some features will not work with lower quality camera phones.  scanR is currently available as a free unlimited trial.  The company plans to introduce premium paid services in the future.

Series A Funding Announcement

scanR, which provides a service enabling camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax, announced today that it has obtained $4.65 million in funding.

The Series A financing was led by Trinity Ventures, and Thomvest International joined in the round. Other investors included Don Listwin, former President and CEO of Openwave Systems, and James Joaquin, current CEO of Xoom.com and former CEO of Ofoto.

“The need to capture physical information digitally is well-established, as evidenced by the large market for a wide-range of stationary hardware solutions. scanR is leveraging the broad adoption of camera phones and digital cameras to deliver a compelling mobile application,” said Gus Tai, a General Partner with Trinity Ventures.

scanR is targeting the $35 billion scan, copy and fax industry with a mobile solution that utilizes devices that are already in nearly every household—camera phones and digital cameras. Using scanR, converting paper and other physical information into useful digital information is as simple as taking a photo with a camera phone or digital camera and sending it to scanR. scanR’s proprietary image processing and data refinement technologies deliver a simple, fast and reliable way to capture and organize information digitally.

“With this funding, we will add significant new capabilities to our existing service and expand our sales and marketing efforts to drive mobility into the scanner, copier, fax industry,” said Rudy Ruano, CEO of scanR. “With megapixel camera phone shipments expected to approach 400 million units in 2006, and digital cameras already a high volume, mainstream product, we are at an optimal point to introduce the scanR service.”

scanR Whiteboards for Treo 700w

scanR's first phone application is now available!  Palm and Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of the Treo 700w running Windows Mobile 5.0 and scanR has created a downloadable application that turns it into a mobile whiteboard scanner.

scanR Enables Mobile Whiteboard Scanning for the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 700w Smartphone from Verizon Wireless

Read the full press release here.

A free trial of scanR Whiteboards for Treo 700w is available at scanR.com/treo.

Palm announcement

A lot of progress at scanR is happening behind the scenes at this stage.  This annoucement from Palm shows one of the areas that we've been working on for a while.  Stay tuned for more...

Here is an exerpt from the press announcement today from Palm:

scanR (www.scanR.com) -- scanR for Treo smartphones:   scanR will turn the Windows Mobile based Treo smartphones into a mobile scanner, copier and fax, enabling business professionals to scan and send documents and whiteboards wirelessly as a PDF file or fax.

The full press release is available here.