RSS:CueCat is a Cool Cat
By Aaron Dobbins | Published September 26, 2000, 9:51 AM
There is all this fuss going around about a cool new little handheld scanner named :CueCat. Now what it can do and how it works is a question that some of you may be asking yourselves. The guys over at 3D Retreat have the answer in a lengthy review of the product and its pros and cons. You can't argue much with free products, and apparently RadioShack is just giving these things away. Just a hint about its functionality, it reads UPC barcodes, ISBN barcodes, and various other product codes, as well as it's own special cue code (basically functioning as a regular supermarket scanner). Read the rest of the review for more information.
When your CueCat is on your sound card is being
used. so, you'll lose your system sound when
its running.
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|From F*edCompany.com: "Anyway apparently some database of email addresses was stolen from them and now they're (https://www.crq.com/rs.asp) giving away free money from Radio Shack."
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|http://news.cnet.com/new...?tag=st.ne.1002.tgif.ni
it's a cNet article about the cute little CueCat.
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|I'm surprised no one has mentioned that the CueCat device is mentioned in a story at least once per day over at Slashdot, and not necessarily in a positive light. I don't know all the particulars, so head over there for more info...
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|In fact, Wired magazine has been mass mailing them to subscribers. See slashdot for all the hubub.
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|I think the :CueCat is a promising concept, but the software for it poses a few drawbacks. My speakers are set to 100%, and I control volume through the computer. My :CueCat software loves to turn my sound card's volume to the top, and it absolutely blasts in my room. Another feature in the software that I'd like to see is getting rid of that initial :CueCat bar that loads at the bottom of the screen. I do not want to work to use this device to my liking. If anyone has a tip of how to fix these problems, let me know. Until then, I probably won't use it much.
Francis
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|I'm going down to Radio Shack and getting one of these...
I'll tell ya ALL aboout it later... =)
=/\= Kirk Out.
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|I PICKED ONE OF THESE UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS. THE INSTALLATION DID NOT WORK THE FIRST TIME THRU...ESPECIALLY AFTER HAVING TO WATCH THE REALLY DUMB INSTALLATION VIDEO(YEAH I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE THAT WAY..) WHY NOT A BYPASS ON VIDEO?? I THEN TRIED SOME SCANS, 3 OUT OF 5 DID NOT READ AND WHEN THEY DID CODE NOT FOUND...(ONE OF THESE WAS WINDOWS me BARCODE)..I PLAYED WITH IT A COUPLE OF MORE DAYS LATER AND NOW HAVE UNINSTALLED IT, BECAUSE YES IT DOES USE A FEW RESOURCES...
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|I don't install too if people SHOUT at me :))
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