Xerox Mobile Scanner

1. PCMag.com

Review Credibility: Excellent Veteran reviewer M. David Stone awards the Xerox Mobile Scanner 4 out of 5 stars and an Editor's Choice designation after his hands-on test, calling its Wi-Fi abilities "slick" and its performance for text recognition "remarkably good."

Review: Xerox Mobile Scanner, M. David Stone, March 29, 2012

2. Laptop Magazine

Review Credibility: Excellent Laptop Magazine gives the Xerox Mobile Scanner 3.5 out of 5 stars, praising its wireless scanning, sturdy design and long battery life, but dinging the difficulty of setting up that wireless connectivity, the slow speed of its scans and its bulk. The review concludes that the scanner "stands out in a big way" and "performs extremely well when it comes to document scans." They like the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 better for its combination of document and photo prowess.

Review: Xerox Mobile Scanner Review, Daniel Howley, Feb. 24, 2012

3. TrustedReviews.com

Review Credibility: Excellent Veteran reviewer Simon Williams awards the Xerox Mobile Scanner 8 out of 10 stars on the U.K. review site TrustedReviews.com, also giving it an 8 in each category: Features, Scan Quality, Scan Speed and Value. He tests both document and photo scans. "The Xerox Mobile Scanner is a novel extension of the truly portable document capture device," he writes, praising the scan quality (within the dpi limits), its strong software bundle and reasonable price.

Review: Xerox Mobile Scanner Review, Simon Williams, March 7, 2012

4. PCAdvisor.co.uk

Review Credibility: Excellent The U.K. tech site PC Advisor gives the Xerox Mobile Scanner 3 out of 5 stars, with 3.5 stars for build quality, 3.5 stars for features, 3 stars for value and 2.5 stars for performance. "Most users will find the wireless features too slow to be used constantly, although it may serve as a fall-back feature in certain situations," Robin Morris writes in her hands-on review. "Provided your needs revolve around doing one or two sheets at a time, the Xerox may prove an attractive and convenient product."

Review: Xerox Mobile Scanner Review, Robin Morris, July 18, 2012

5. The New York Times

Review Credibility: Very Good Veteran reviewer David Pogue praises the Xerox Mobile Scanner's ability to be totally and completely portable: no wires, no computer. "It can fling your scanned photos or documents through the ether to almost anywhere," he writes, adding later, "The scans are clean, straight and sharp. You'd have a hard time telling them apart from the work of a big-footprint desktop flatbed home scanner." That said, he finds setup for the Eye-Fi card to be unnecessarily difficult. "Fortunately, once that's over, you wind up with a smooth, automatic, extremely portable scanning system."

Review: Scanning on the Go, Wirelessly, David Pogue, Feb. 1, 2012

6. Computerworld.com

Review Credibility: Very Good Reviewer Barbara Krasnoff reviews the Xerox Mobile Scanner and the NeatDesk desktop scanner, though she does not compare one to the other. She likes the simplicity of the Xerox Mobile Scanner, and she experiences no issues installing the software and transmitting 100 scans.  She doesn't like the way it goes into sleep mode after two minutes, even while plugged in. "The Xerox Mobile Scanner is an efficient and well-built device; the way in which the Eye-Fi card adds to the ease of moving your scans to your computer, smartphone or tablet gives it extra points."

Review: Two Personal Scanners: NeatDesk vs. Xerox Mobile Scanner, Barbara Krasnoff, April 4, 2012

7. PC World

Review Credibility: Very Good PC World awards the Xerox Mobile Scanner a 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "a useful tool, especially for business travelers." Reviewer Yardena Arar likes the wireless transmission of scans and its light weight. Hardware controls aren't as intuitive as they might be -- Arar is the second reviewer in this report to accidentally put the device in Airplane Mode, which turns off Wi-Fi -- and she says the printed documentation is "skimpy."

Review: Xerox Mobile Scanner: A versatile companion for business travelers, Yardena Arar, Oct. 7, 2012

8. AllThingsD.com

Review Credibility: Very Good The Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital site reviews three portable scanners and scanner apps: the JotNot Scanner Pro, PlanOn SlimScan SS100 and the Xerox Mobile Scanner. "Despite its larger size and $250 price point, the Xerox scanner was my top pick, because of its fast scanning and its wireless connectivity via an Eye-Fi card," reviewer Lauren Goode writes. Setup wasn't particularly easy, but once it was done, "I was a scanning machine."

Review: A Scanner for All Seasons, Lauren Goode, May 7, 2012

9. Lawyerist.com

Review Credibility: Very Good Sam Glover does a hands-on review of the Xerox Mobile Scanner for Lawyerist.com, comparing it to the Doxie Go. It isn't pretty, he says, but it works so well and so easily he doesn't find himself using the included software. "The Xerox Mobile Scanner's hardware makes it a cinch to use, and includes some nice extras. … If you are looking for a portable scanner, this is the best value and the best option."

Review: Xerox Mobile Scanner Review, Sam Glover, June 7, 2012

10. About.com

Review Credibility: Very Good In this undated hands-on review, former About.com guide Peter Piazza puts the Xerox Mobile Scanner through its paces, awarding it 4.5 stars out of 5. He notes the difficult setup process, but says after that, it "is ready to rock and roll, which it does with aplomb." He says it does a fine job with document scans and with everyday photo scans (such as for posting online), and he likes the carrying case. (Note: ConsumerSearch.com is owned by About.com, but the two do not share an editorial affiliation.)

Review: No Computer? No Problem for This Portable Photo Scanner, Peter Piazza, Undated

11. Engadget.com

Review Credibility: Good Engadget.com's brief review of the Xerox Mobile Scanner praises its ability to scan to PDFs directly, including multipage documents created on the fly. The site notes the scanner's portability, wireless connection, long battery life and high price tag.

Review: Xerox Mobile Scanner Hands-on, Terrence O' Brien, Jan. 10, 2012

12. Amazon.com

Review Credibility: Fair About a dozen users award the Xerox Mobile Scanner an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars. They praise its always-straight scans, the flexibility of how documents can be transmitted (Wi-Fi, USB drive, SD card) -- one user even uses it to scan to his Android phone, and several note you do not need a laptop or power cable to scan. They also speak highly of the ability to create a single PDF on the fly from multiple scanned pages. One downranks the scanner because it makes all files with the same creation date; one other user has trouble installing the software. Most award a perfect 5 stars.

Review: Xerox Mobile Wi-fi Scanner, Contributors to Amazon.com, As of December 2012