Canon Portable Scanner

I've been looking for a portable scanner that I can use with my laptop as a substitute for a fax machine both at home and on the road.  After reading the reviews, I've settled on the Canon CanoScan LiDE 35 scanner.  It has a very small and light form factor (10" x 14.5" x 1.5" and 3.7 pounds) and uses only a single USB 2.0 cable for power and data so there's no bulky AC adaptor to carry around.

I've had the scanner for a week now and I like it a lot.  The software that comes with it is pretty easy to use, and I really like the shortcut buttons on the front of the scanner.  There's a very handy File shortcut button that scans a document into a PDF - it's a great way to create PDF documents (single-page only) without needing to buy Adobe Acrobat.

It's also very light - though a little too large to carry in a laptop bag.  I'm not sure if I would pack it in my luggage for a business trip but it's nice to know I could.  The only bad thing I can say about the scanner so far is the noise of the scanner motor - it's not loud but it's a little too high-pitched to be pleasant.  Maybe I'll get used to it after a while, and I don't plan to be scanning every day.