There are various options I think would suit you and in your case I think we’d look at some of the nice portable scanners designed specially for PDA scanning. I believe the Mogul is a rebranded HTC TytnII?

Firstly there is a nice small batch scanner from Opticon, the OPN2001 or OPN2002 allows you to scan, store and then batch upload via USB (OPN2001) or Bluetooth (OPN2002). Click here for more

Next there’s the Baracoda range of scanners which are designed specifically for scanning with either a PDA or laptop and come with all manner of connectivity and ruggedness options. The Road Runner series sounds perfect for your needs. Click her for more

Lastly I would recommend the Grabba range of products. These snap on to your PDA and give you instant scanning capabilities, although not strictly a batching solution. Grabba come with an API so you should be able to get going easily with doing something with the barcode scans or “wedging” them into an application like Mobile Excel or Word quite easily. Start Here and find the exact product by selecting your PDA first.

All of these products scan 1D barcodes but Road runner and Grabba also have 2D options or even RFID if you need that. However books use ISBN or UPC retail type barcodes so you should only need 1D if thats all you’re scanning.

Our eShop is alomost ready to go live now where you’ll be able to browse all of these products and check prices. In the meantime drop me an email if you’d like to know more on dave.kind@ruggedandmobile.com.

Regards

Dave