DBMS for iPad

Posted by Hugh
Mar 17, 2014 at 10:15 AM

(Slightly OT.) Related to this and to ambitions for paperlessness and document portability - I’ve recently found that the comparatively new Fujitsu Scansnap ix500 scanner and its associated software are pretty good. Today one gulps a little at the price of a home-office computer peripheral that costs £350 or so (forgetting perhaps that little more than a decade ago a decent desktop computer cost well over £1,000).

But compared with rival systems or older Fujitsus, in my opinion the Scansnap has three key advantages: it’s at least 20 per cent faster, not just in scanning but also OR-ing (and it feels faster still), its document feeder seems to be a step-up in effectiveness (compared with previous models which regularly ‘bit off more than they could chew’), and it can scan directly via Wi-fi to a tablet or smartphone (as you prepare to dash out of the office to the next appointment).