Barcode grocery scanner with Bluetooth
updated 11:50 am EST, Wed December 7, 2005
Kitchen Companion 100
IntelliScanner today launched the , its barcode scanner and software bundle for grocery shopping and nutrition/recipe management that features Bluetooth wireless technology. Kitchen Companion is powered by an internet-enabled database of over 300,000 grocery items that includes the name, brand, category, shopping section, and size of products scanned. Users can print a categorized shopping list, or send the list to an iPod, Palm, or cell phone. The bundle offers advanced quantity management, scan in/out capabilities, consumption history, physical location tracking, custom searching, dynamic shopping lists, and nutrition information from the USDA. Kitchen Companion 100 is available for $280 to Bluetooth-equipped computers running Mac OS X 10.3 or later, while a "tethered" USB model for use while at a computer only is available for $180.
Features include "1-2-3 shopping" allowing users to scan barcodes from groceries as they're thrown away to later view an automatic shopping list; iPod shopping lists; quantity tracking; XML data export; and more. IntelliScanner
Other features of the new scanner include integrated tools for groceries, nutrition, and recipes; printed custom shopping lists and reports sorted for efficiency by section and category; purchasing and consumption history; and searchable custom fields.
The scanner also offers smart lists powered by an integrated SQL database engine; an integrated USDA nutrition database that displays industry standard nutrition facts labels with the ability to create direct links to groceries; an included plastic IntelliScanner on-the-go card for scanning quantities and deleting scanning mistakes without a computer.
The company also said the it offers Palm handheld support through its shopping lists: SplashShopper that offers fast shopping with any Palm OS or Treo handheld device; phone shopping lists that can be sent to any Bluetooth-enabled phone with notes, memos, or "to do" type functionality.
In addition, users can use reference tools to display nutrition facts labels from an embedded USDA database.
