Hi, It's a matter of a couple of things. First, While many people have the time and skills and patience to look for barcodes on various products, make sure they're the right way up, and so on, many more others do not. My client base tends to be over the age of 65. I have a lot of duel disability clients and ESL clients. Obviously, if you are effective at getting barcodes with the camera, you wouldn't want this for home use, although it would be much faster and easier in a work environment.
Second, not everyone wants an IPhone. I for example, have zero desire to own an IPhone. My experia pro is perfect for me. If you don't want an IPhone because you just don't want one, or if you don't want the outrageous plans that canadians get shafted into, or if you don't want or need a cellphone period and you just want a handheld, then it's the ITouch for you. Finally, it's been years since the ITouch has seen an update. It should get one, but it may not. You never know. We probably won't know until it hits the shelf. My clients need it now. Many of them might not be in a position to enjoy it next year. Not to be insensitive or anything, but it's just the way it is. If an ITouch and a kdc300 costs $900 and an IDMate costs $1600 then my clients are coming out ahead in the consumer choice department. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2012-05-06, at 3:16 PM, Sieghard wrote: > Hello Erik, Nancy and Steve, > > My question would be why somebody would spend around $600 or $700 for > a Koamtac bluetooth scanner just so he can get better use from an iPod > Touch with barcode scanning. First of all, who knows if the next > generation iPod Touch doesn't get a 5 MP auto-focus camera like the > iPad just did. Second, for $750 you can go to Apple and buy an > unlocked 32 Gb iPhone 4S and you'll have no more issues. In a way a > good omni-directional barcode scanner is of course always better than > the iPhone, I have a retail business and my basic USB Symbol scanner > is quite efficient and forgiving at picking up barcodes, but before I > spent this kind of money for a device that can do exactly one thing > I'd rather buy myself an iPhone 4S or, if you are so inclined, wait 6 > months and buy the next new iPhone. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
