I ordered one of these 2 months before they were ready to ship. I had been looking for something like this for at least two years to take with me to the library to scan references. I am 64 and have problems with the nerves in my hands that make my handwriting degenerate quickly and I hate standing in line for the scanner when I could be doing more research. My Flip-Pal takes care of that and more. I scan the references, take them home and put them into the computer with the micro card, and then... the trick ... I run it through my OCR program, and it's typed automatically into my file. With a little comparative editing, I'm done.
It is possible to use the wand scanner in a similar fashion. I have one, I've compared them.
The Flip-Pal allows you to see what you are scanning. The Wand doesn't.
The wand type will do an entire letter size sheet at once. The Flip-Pal only scans 1/3 to 1/2 a page at a time, but you can fix that in the computer.
The Flip-Pal has a little screen that lets you see that you got a good scan. The wand type doesn't and lets you go home thinking you have a load of material only to find that much of it is bad.
The Flip-Pal scans every time, just like a big scanner. The wand type sometimes has to be used several times just to get one to work.
I found the wand frustrating and have found the Flip-Pal a joy.
And it has all those other uses, too. And Pictures that aren't distorted. I'm quitting. I would be here all night telling you how great it is.
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