Windows Phone Thoughts: scanR Whiteboards Released for the Palm Treo 700w

"scanR, Inc. today announced scanR Whiteboards for the new Palm Treo 700w smartphone from Verizon Wireless running on Windows Mobile 5.0. The new application from scanR makes it easy to capture notes written on whiteboards and scan them into useful digital files. Using the 1.3 megapixel camera in the new Treo 700w smartphone, people can take a picture and wirelessly send it to any email address where it is received as a scanned PDF file. This saves time and eliminates the chances of missing key information by providing an exact scan of the original notes from the whiteboard, freeing people to interact more during a meeting and quickly share notes afterward. The scanR Whiteboard application was designed exclusively for the new capabilities of the Treo 700w, such as improved camera quality, ease-of-use, and multimedia messaging. scanR uses advanced image processing technology to overcome frequent challenges such as low lighting, shadows, blurring, and skewed orientation to provide consistently high-quality scans in a wide range of conditions."



This seems like a very nice application for Treo 700w users wanting to turn any whiteboard image into a PDF. If you manage to give this a go, do let us know how it works out. Handango is offering it for $19.95, with a free trial version available if you wish to test it first. On a side note, you can also try the service for free here. It appears to perform the same job as the Whiteboards application, so you just might be able to save yourself $19.95 by using this alternative. [Affiliate]