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CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW: CNET editors cover the Next Big Thing
                
Canon releases limber scanner
January 7, 2005; 5:54 p.m.
 The product: The ultrathin, silver Canon LiDE 500F opens four different ways to fit your whim. Prop it up on its built-in scanner stand, and the shell yawns 40 degrees wide so that you can drop in a scan-ready item. Lay the scanner flat in Portrait mode, and it opens at a 110-degree angle. You can even open it 180 degrees to scan big items. Need to fit a paperback on the glass? Just expand the scanner's spine by an inch. You can still scan in traditional flatbed Landscape mode. The LiDE 500F also offers:
The prospects: This scanner's design is fun and sexy. How well does it scan? We hope it improves upon the fair LiDE 80, whose form was better than its functionality. By Elsa Wenzel, associate editor, CNET Reviews CES DEBUTS BY BRAND
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NEXT BIG THING AWARD
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