Handset vendors have been frantically trying to innovate in an effort to keep their products from becoming commodity items. Consequently, they have incorporated a number of new features into their products, such as cameras, and are offering slim, sleek designs available in a variety of colors. Now, their ongoing quest is leading them into a new area: scanning. Just as printers and digital cameras eventually added scanning functions, cell phones appear to be the next candidates to include that capability.
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Cell Phones May Soon Add Scanning Technology
Posted by: Paul Korzeniowski March 30, 2006 05:00 AMHandset vendors have been frantically trying to innovate in an effort to keep their products from becoming commodity items. Consequently, they have incorporated a number of new features into their products, such as cameras, and are offering slim, sleek designs available in a variety of colors. Now, their ongoing quest is leading them into a new area: scanning. Just as printers and digital cameras eventually added scanning functions, cell phones appear to be the next candidates to include that capability.