scanR, Inc. today launched the first service that enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan business cards. The scanR Business Card service extracts contact information from photos of business cards and delivers the results to popular electronic address books, such as Microsoft Outlook, or synchronizes them with Salesforce, Plaxo and Jigsaw. scanR Business Cards was announced during the DEMOfall '06 conference.

scanR(SM) works with the camera phones and digital cameras that people already have and requires no new hardware or software. Just snap photos of business cards, send them to bc@scanR.com, and scanR will extract the contact information with accuracy levels that far exceed the leading, cumbersome desktop products. No more lugging around another peripheral or stacking business cards back at the office to "scan in later." Using devices already in your pocket or briefcase, you can now turn a business card into an electronic contact instantly.

scanR's Business Card service isn't just the easiest way to capture electronic contacts, it is also the world's most accurate. Using its proprietary technology, scanR easily surpasses existing desktop card scanners, such as CardScan. In a recent study by Frost & Sullivan, a leading market research firm, scanR exceeded CardScan accuracy on the four most critical fields -- person, company, phone and email address. This lead is likely to increase, as scanR actually improves its own accuracy as more cards are scanned. Full details of the study are available at http://www.scanr.com/Business-Card-Scanner.aspx .

"The bridge between business cards and electronic contacts is now complete and available to anyone with a camera phone or digital camera," said Rudy Ruano, CEO of scanR. "Business cards are the latest addition to the scanR suite of paper to digital services which already includes whiteboard and document scanning."

In addition to the launch of this new service, scanR is also announcing today the integration of its Business Card service with the premier contact management services offered by salesforce.com, Plaxo and Jigsaw. With these partnerships, millions of people utilizing these services can now use their camera phones and digital cameras to capture and manage contact information and sales leads. scanR users can add these services to their accounts immediately at http://www.scanr.com/ .