Organize all your schtuff with the IntelliScanner Mini

Posted January 11, 2007 at 02:11 AM by PJ Hruschak

Section: Apple, Computers, Hardware, Software / Applications, Gadgets / Other, Household, Lifestyle, Trade Shows, CES, Accessories, Miscellaneous

If your collection of CDs, DVDs, comic books or even booze is getting unmanageable, you’ll appreciate this item. The new IntelliScanner Mini, introduced at Macworld 2007, is a wireless handheld barcode scanner you can use anywhere and then upload stored UPCs to your PC. Since barcode information in itself is not especially useful, IntelliScanner Crop. also offers various applications to translate the information and put it into sensible, organized English. (Sounds a lot like Radio Shack’s free but failed and wired :CueCat but much more useful than an annoying lead-in to an online retail catalog).

Even better, they also provide 10 pre-printed barcode Asset Tags so you can slap them on un-coded items to scan. (“C’mere kitty kitty kitty.“) You can order more uniquely coded tags as needed ($24 per 100) and then input the appropriate information for that item. (“Kitty, brown, x1, $0.10”)

The full bundle, available now for $299, includes the IntelliScanner Mini USB portable scanner, a neck lanyard and all six applications. They also sell other wired and wireless handheld home-use scanners, with prices starting at $179 up to $399, and a professional model at $899.

Here is a list of available software packages:

Media Collector 2.0 (for books, DVDs, CDs, and games) Wine Collector 2.0 (automatically; track locations, tasting notes, and maturity) Kitchen Companion (track groceries, build shopping lists) Comic Collector (comic book organization with access to a database of 250,000 titles) Auction Automator - (online listing tools to help sell your media on the web) Home Assets 1.5 (for other home assets and create insurance reports)

If you’ve seen my house (and I hope you haven’t, creepy stalker), then you know I can use something like this to help organize my various collections. I just wish the IntelliScanner was a little less expensive so I could have that extra cash to spend on more collectibles.

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