However, the software has an old-school interface design that impacts usability. The $300 Brother ImageCenter ADS-1500W wireless portable scanner has hooks into cloud services, and it packs a slew of power options. To test speed, I timed how long it took to scan a single page through each unit. I tested each scanner's ability to connect with cloud services by sending them to Google Drive and Dropbox accounts.

I scanned a single page, a stack of a dozen pages (served up single-feed on the SimpleScan DP), a stack of 10 business cards (the same group of mixed paper stocks and types I used when reviewing business card apps), and a mixture of small receipts, from a thin taxi print-out to more sturdy but awkwardly sized restaurant receipts. All three have software and services that already, or soon will, support ties into Intuit's QuickBooks.įor all three scanners, I used the same set of business documents and papers, to see how each handled the challenge of scanning to a Toshiba KiraBook Ultrabook laptop and to the cloud. Two - the Brother and the NeatConnect - are optimized for scanning receipts and business cards. Two of the three - the Brother ADS-1500W and the NeatConnect - have automatic document feeders, while one, the SimpleScan DP, is just a sheet-fed scanner.

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