The next model up (500 level) does OCR out of the box, but is much more expensive. However, it also includes a full version of Acrobat. Since I already have Acrobat, that was a non-issue for me, but it effectively brings the price down if you want both a scanner and Acrobat.

Is your fujitsu windows only? I thought you used a mac? Any advice there on a specific model? Ideally I’m looking for something that can scan 300 dpi so that I can use it for business purposes.

One thing to note is that for images, etc. it seems to sync the existence of that item to your phone (described above), but you still have to download it when you want to access it. However, when you re-access it, it loads very quickly — seems to cache the item itself locally when accessed, but I’m not sure how much the cache holds or for how long.

However, it’s still hard for some of our customers to get away from old habits. We occasionally have customers, especially businesses that want a FAX of their receipt even though they have an email with it sitting in their “in box.” Also, hardly a day goes by without a paper catalog request. We always end up explaining that our products are updated too often for a paper catalog to be feasible. In addition, not having to pay for the expense of printing paper catalogs allows us to offer our products at a lower cost to our customers. Old habits die hard!

I asked a friend at work about it and he said that it missed a bit, because it tried to load all of the images and was a bit clunky because of that. But that’s one person’s opinion, and he hasn’t used it for a while. Has it gotten more responsive?