2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful: Great Scanning option, 2007-01-09 The Socket Brand CF scan cards work great for integrating barcode scanning capability into Pocket PCs.
Our company writes applications for Pocket PC and I recommend the CF scan cards with laser scanning capability over the CMOS imager (which are often $150-200 cheaper) as the CMOS imager seems to have more difficulty reading barcodes that are wrapped in cellophane as well as reading UPCs in more difficult lighting conditions.
Socket makes a nice driver for the Pocket PC which will allow a user to assign a button on the PDA and begin scanning in MS applications like Word and Excel right away.