CardScan Personal Business Card Scanner

Product Description:
Scan into PC without typing / USB / Monochrome / Transfers with Outlook - Palm - Smartphones - Pocket PC / Portable

Average customer rating:

Just horrible experience
Does its job very well
good software
Good for about 30 cards...
Time-saver

CardScan Personal v8

Manufacturer: CardScan
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Office Electronics | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
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Product Features:

Accurately scans and reads business cards in seconds and creates a digital address book
Consolidates all your contact data (not just business cards!) using drag-and-drop from email, web sites and other electronic files
Intelligently designed software for contact management to easily categorize contacts, search, sort, de-dupe, print labels, map addresses and much more
Includes CardScan At Your ServiceTM FREE ¿ online back up for contact data, access contacts from a browser by password and contact updating service
Keeps your data identical in all your devices and software with synchronization to Outlook, Outlook Express, Palm, Windows Mobile devices, iPods and smart phones

ASIN: B000H1F9IA
Release Date: 2006-09-15

Amazon.com Product Description

The CardScan Personal V8 is a fast, efficient way to electronically store business cards with numerous software features including an iPod export function.

CardScan Executive V8 features a sleek new streamlined desktop scanner.

Email CardScan contacts transparently from Outlook View larger.

See as many contacts--or as much contact detail--as you like. View larger.

Software features
The Personal V8 offers a number of new features, including an ultra-compact palm-sized scanner, a 5-second black-and-white scan time, a travel pouch, an export to iPod function (PC Only), and now includes free online back-up, web access and updating service.

Navigation bar
Spend less time looking for information. Just click to quickly locate any contact or group of contacts, by name or category, or to find recently changed records, verified records, duplicates, and recent search results.

Export to iPod
iPod owners can their contacts with them, without investing ina PDA. If you have a new iPod with an address book function, simply export your CardScan address book to the new iPod template, and then load the template to your iPod address book (PC only).

Detect and display an icon for your DYMO LabelWriter
If you have a DYMO LabelWriter printer, CardScan will automatically detect it and place an icon for it on the toolbar. Click on the icon instead of working through the standard Print dialog box to print labels directly to the LabelWriter.

Choose your mapping service
Multiply your mapping options. Now you can map contact addresses using your choice of MapQuest.com, Google Maps, Ask.com maps, Expedia.com, and MultiMap.com.

Designate a CardScan File as an Outlook Address book
Email CardScan contacts transparently from Outlook. Outlook can also "see" your CardScan contact names and email addresses just as it sees your Outlook contacts. So when you start to type any CardScan contact's name in an email's "To" field, Outlook will automatically finish entering the contact's name and email address.

What's in the box
CardScan Personal software, CardScan Personal scanner, detachable USB cord, 1 scanner calibration card, 1 scanner cleaning card

Product Description

Over 40% of CardScan's customers rely on CardScane as their primary contact manager. CardScan has made over a dozen enhancements to the software to create an even more advanced contact management solution. The software is even more intelligently designed and delivers what you need and expect.

Customer Reviews:

Just horrible experience.......2007-06-08

Got a brand new device and after scanning about 15 cards, it stopped working. The scanner just failed. Called tech support and they agreed that the device malfunctioned and I should call customer service to get it replaced.

This is where the misery really starts. I have held for someone to come on the customer service line for 20 minutes each time but no one comes to the phone. Finally, I left a message and haven't heard back from them yet. Just horrible, I wouldn't buy CardScan products.

Does its job very well.......2007-05-10

This nice little device has allowed me to get rid of the 4" high stack of business cards that I've been holding on to. Easy to use, and the software has synched well with Outlook. I only give it 4 instead of 5 stars because many cards need to be corrected after scanning, although that is always due to graphics on the cards that make it difficult for CardScan to read all of the information. It's probably doing the best that can be done with the technology, but I'd need perfection to give it 5 stars. Definitely worth the money.

good software.......2007-05-09

This is very easy to use and worked great with Outlook. I used it to clean up duplicates in Outlook! Good hardware too.

Good for about 30 cards..........2007-03-30

So after scanning my first batch of cards (which it worked great for), the scanner simply stopped working correctly. It couldn't be recalibrated and won't read any more cards. I called tech support only to learn that this is a known problem, there is no fix available and that it's likely due to their outsourcing of the manufacturing of this product. I'm returning the one I got and I'd strongly recommend against getting one until the quality issues are resolved.

Time-saver.......2007-03-24

I haven't used this type of product before, so have nothing to compare it against. I am very happy with the time saved in scanning cards, and impressed with the recognition capababilities (address, title, etc.) It still takes some time to review cards and move around a couple of fields or fix the occasional typo. I send the data to outlook. It would be nice to be able to sort by what was already sent and what has not been sent (rather than "sync"). It would also be nice if the additional information ended up in "notes" in outlook (maybe a mapping matter).

Overall, I am very happy with the product.

Average customer rating:

Business Card Scanner and Software
Works better than expected
Great Product
LOSROSALES5
Excelent!!!

CardScan Personal Business Card Scanner

Manufacturer: CardScan
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Handheld | Scanners | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics

Office Electronics | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics

CardScan | Brands | Electronics Features | Electronics
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Product Features:

Produces 2-second monochrome scans
Includes software to search and manage business card storage
Weighs just 7 ounces
Attached USB 2.0 cable
Simple to use; 1-year warranty

ASIN: B0002Z5Y40

Amazon.com Product Description

The affordable, capable business card reader
The CardScan Personal is a highly portable, convenient business card reader for users with basic contact management and lighter card scanning requirements. Use it to quickly and accurately turn business cards into sortable, searchable records on your computer, PDA, or smart phone.

Like the more powerful CardScan Executive, CardScan Personal allows you to capture cards to your computer in seconds without typing. Sort and search contacts instantly, get a map to an address, create a mailing, even sync to your PDA or smart phone.

Makes your time more productive: In seconds, CardScan enters more cards, more accurately, than you could type in hours
Compatible with the way you work today: Synchronize with Palm Desktop, Outlook Express version 5.0 or later, Microsoft Outlook, Palm OS, smart phones, and Windows Mobile devices
Securely backup and store your contacts online: Access your database from any Internet-connected computer with CardScan.net.
About the software: Works with Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Palm Desktop, Palm handhelds, smart phones, Pocket PCs, more. Also includes 90-day trial of address book back-up and online access (CardScan.net) and 90-day trial of automatic contact updating (AccuCard service)
About the scanner: Four to five second monochrome scan speed, USB powered, attached USB, 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" x 1 1/4", weighs only seven ounces

What's in the box
Scanner, detachable USB cable, software, user's guide, warranty card

Learn more about how the CardScan Personal can help you keep on top of your business View larger.

Product Description

Scan into PC without typing / USB / Monochrome / Transfers with Outlook - Palm - Smartphones - Pocket PC / Portable

Customer Reviews:

Business Card Scanner and Software.......2007-07-03

The card scanner and OCR software are superb. The inteface with the PDA software is fair. When processing updates between the card scan software to the PDA software, and then to the PDA, you have to jump thru to many tricks and hoops, in order, or it won't update correctly. Once you figure out the method, you'd better write it down. Technical Support for the card scan software is fair. They offer no better solution than what you have to find out on your own.

Works better than expected.......2007-03-12

Cardscan unit is well documented and easy to install. Card scan functions amazingly well. I had to make a few corrections but I basically scanned in hundreds of cards in less than an hour. This made a tedious job almost fun.

Great Product.......2007-01-05

I use this card scanner all the time now. It works perfectly and is small enough to be unobtrusive on my desk.

LOSROSALES5.......2006-11-15

EXCELLENT PRODUCT. WE HAD HUNDREDS OF BUSINESS CARDS WHICH WE SCANNED IN ONLY A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THE SCANNER WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE CORRECT INFO IN THE CORRECT FIELD 90% OF THE TIME REGARDLESS OF HOW THE CARD WAS DESIGNED! VERY EASY TO USE!

Excelent!!!.......2006-08-22

Amazing product, I scanned more than five hundred business cards in 3 hours, at least 95% of them without any mistake when transfering the card's information to the software.

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