LG Scanner Mouse LSM-100 Announced

By Julian Horsey on Wednesday 24th August 2011 11:46 am in Gadgets, PC Hardware

LG has today revealed an unique new mouse at the IFA 2011 that includes the functions of a scanner. The LG LSM-100 scanner mouse looks just like any other mouse on the market complete with mouse wheel and 5 buttons.

However under the exterior of this mouse lies a 300 dpi scanner. Simply press the scan button on the left side of the mouse and move the LSM-100 mouse over the document to be scanned. Once complete the mouse scanner with then save the scanned images as either a PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PDF, XLS or DOC file.

LG Scanner Mouse LSM-100

The LG Scanner Mouse LSM-100 is HID-compliant and equipped with a 1200 cpi Laser Class 1, together with a scanner that is capable of scanning documents up to 300 dpi in full colour. Or using the supplied OCR text recognition, enabling you to scan text and then edit it within a MS Word document file.

LG has not released any information on pricing or worldwide shipping dates as yet.

Source: LG

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Tomleem

It looks like a really cool device; IMO. I think it will help keep the mouse around for a while longer. Personally, I like using a mouse.
TP77

These are available now from all leading e-tailers at approx £89.99.

LG
Mouse Scanner is the world’s first mouse with an embedded scanner function that
offers convenience, mobility, and simplicity to users The LG Mouse Scanner is an
innovative scanner that breaks through the limitations of uneasy-to-use,
non-portable conventional scanners that are limited in their scanning size. Now
users can perform OCR editing of scanned files as well as sending them as
e-mails, SNSs and mobile phones From the offices of global companies to daily
life, the LG Mouse Scanner will transform scanning into a much easier and more
convenient task
Guest

Just have my money. Take it. I want this now.