With the aid of a portable scanner, business travelers can easily manage receipts, business cards, and any other documents or scraps of paper they need to digitize. Many of today's mobile scanners include advanced features traditionally found on desktop document scanners, such as duplexing and/or an automatic document feeder (ADF).
We've seen a lot of devices with docks, but the Visioneer Strobe 500 is the first scanner we've reviewed that comes with one. Primarily a desktop document scanner, it can be removed from its dock to function as a portable scanner as well.
The Canon imageFormula P-150 Scan-tini isn't as teeny as its name implies, but it makes up for its relative bulkiness (for a portable scanner, at least) with high speed and features such as duplexing and an automatic document feeder (ADF). The Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 also duplexes and has an ADF, but software issues make it a less appealing choice.
Although NeatReceipts can scan business cards and other documents, its forte of course is scanning receipts and managing them using the included NeatWorks 4.0 software, which lets you export the data to various financial management programs.
The PlanOn DocuPen Xtreme X05 is the most portable scanner featured here. It's larger than a true pen scanner, but it's easier to use, letting you sweep vertically down a page rather than highlighter-style.
Today's portable scanners provide enough features and functionality so that many businesspeople are adopting on them as their sole scanner in lieu of traditional desktop scanners.
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