Barcode Scanner Hardware Options

There is a wide range of barcode scanner hardware options to run the Finale Inventory barcode scanning application for your business.

The Android OS platform is the preferred choice for hardware solutions but we also have legacy device support for Windows Mobile OS. Dedicated barcode scanners, phones, tablets, and other devices provide many available options that best fit the need of your operations.

See the video below for instruction:

Barcode Scanner Hardware Compatibility Options

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Mobile Device Compatibility Options

Video Transcription

Oh, it’s Mike Kroeger here, Finale Inventory. In this short video, we’re gonna go over some barcode scanner hardware compatibility-type questions and topics about what types of devices can you use with Finale Inventory’s mobile barcode scanning application. Our mobile barcoding scanner application is available both on the Android OS platform from the Google Play store, it’s also available for Legacy-type barcode scanning devices running Windows Mobile OS. So I’ll give you an example of these two types of devices.

Let’s first go over the preferred types of barcode scanner hardware. That preferred type device is going to be an Android dedicated scanner. So, what I have here is a Symbol Motorola. This is a…let’s see…it’s a TC55. So that’s the model, Tom, Charlie, 55. So I’m gonna turn this on so you can kind of see this. This is just an Android-based dedicated scanner. You can see that it looks like a normal Android device. And it also has, note the Google Play store. So the Google Play Store is kind of key on this type of device. It’s running a normal Android OS, for which you can have access to the Google Play store, download the Finale Inventory app directly to the device. So you can see how the Finale Inventory device is running here.

I can launch it. This is the Finale data collector, or what we call our mobile app. You sync it with your cloud application, and that’s how we communicate with your Finale Inventory account. Now, these types of devices have a built-in scanner, it’s right here on the top, or the face of it. So you can activate the scanner.

These are very rugged, very tough, they’re extremely fast. These are also very affordable. We do have a preferred hardware vendor, you can check our website for those. This would be a Symbol Motorola TC55.

Another type of device, very similar to it, is a Symbol MC40. This one runs Google Enterprise, so it doesn’t have the Play Store. This one also has a laser at the top. If I need to activate this, you can see how I can scan with it. I don’t need to buy anything else with this type of device. Runs the Finale Inventory application quite nicely.

Another barcode scanner hardware option is an Android cell phone. Yes, you can download this to your Android phone. However, you must use the camera built in to scan. This can be time-consuming and less efficient than a dedicated scanner. You could also consider Bluetooth finger scanners that can be tethered to a cell phone for better performance.

Similar to running an Android cell phone, you can also use an Android tablet. It works the same way but has its challenges with scanning. It’s advisable to get a Bluetooth tethered scanner to improve efficiency.

If you don’t go the Android route for barcode scanner hardware, consider legacy hardware, such as warehouse, rugged, industry standard inventory management scanners running Windows Mobile OS. These have built-in scanners and are very durable, compatible with the Finale Inventory application.