Most scanners are about as easy to use as the VCR programmer (and we all know what happened to the VCR). And fax machines just slurp up toner and destroy trees between the document printing and confirmation pages. Luckily for us, consolidation of these two home-office space hogs is easy with various apps, such as these, which can replace both items with something you already have – a camera-equipped smart phone or tablet.
- Scanner Pro is free and simple to use: take a picture of the document page and it is converted to a pdf with instant email capability. It has a built-in grid to help align your document. This app is only available for the iPhone and iPad.
- Cam Scanner is also free and has a few more bells and whistles such as cloud storage and a multi-page scan/send feature. You can download it in the Android, Apple or Windows app store.
- Paper Pusher is a paid scanner app for BlackBerry users. A nice feature of this app is that it automatically corrects for the user’s not-so-perfect camera alignment.
Test one of these apps or a similar one and start a clean sweep of some of your gadgets… our app-of-the-day tip.
Do you have a gadget consolidation trick or a new favorite app? Please share.
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