The Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner was my favorite new tool from the summer CHA show.  A lot of other people agreed because it won 1st prize for Innovation.

It is a small and portable scanner with a lot of capabilities.  You don’t need a computer to use it.  It uses an SD card to store the scanned images and then you can use that to upload to your computer, take to the photo kiosk, or put in your digital frames.

I rarely scan in my old photos because my scanner is so big and clunky.  Not only that, but it is connected to my old desktop that I never use anymore.  This could easily solve that problem.

I also would like the option to scan in some of my projects.  I’d like to make a greeting card and then just pull over my scanner, plop it on top, and grab the image.  Nice.

I can see so many uses for this and I really want to get one.  They are taking pre-orders at this time and the first 100 orders before August 16th receive a free (additional) 2 GB SD card.  Watch the video to see it in action.

I have not used this product extensively but I did get a chance to use it a little bit at the trade show.  I have not received any product or compensation in return for this post.  However, the links included in this post are affiliate links and if you do decide to purchase one, I would receive a few dollars.