You'll be far from disappointed while scanning up to 4 UPC codes per second with Socket Communication's Wand Scanner 2E.  This scanner is comaptible with Windows-based Pocket PCs, laptops and tablets with Compact Flash or PCMCIA card slots.  Once again, Socket's SocketScan keyboard wedge software will easily scan data from bar codes into any Windows application as substitute keystrokes, which is 50 times faster and 10,000 times more accurate than manual data entry.  One of the best features of the Wand 2E is that it can scan bar codes with a forwards or backwards swipe, and also upside down or right side up, so the orientation of the label is never an issue.  This scanner was built to maximize your computer's battery life, and the cable supplied with the system extends up to 8 feet for ultimate convenience.  For the human scanner always on the go, the durability of the Wand Scanner 2E is ideal since it's designed to withstand repeated 3 foot drops to concrete.