The printed guide also fails to mention the device's airplane mode (which turns off the Eye-Fi card's wireless capability), and how to access it: You hold down the function button after selecting the black-and-white PDF scanning mode. I inadvertently put the device into airplane mode while trying to set up the Eye-Fi to work with my iPad, which led to extended tech support sessions. Better documentation and/or a more intuitive design might have avoided the problem.

That said, however, the Xerox Mobile Scanner generally delivers on its promise of quickly creating scans in popular formats and moving them wirelessly to PCs, mobile devices, or the Web. While smartphone cameras can do some of this work for smaller documents, business travelers with more serious scanning needs should find the Xerox Mobile Scanner a versatile and useful tool.