Universal scanners ?

IDEAM CE is a graphics-oriented application development environment that requires no programming to create powerful mobile applications. It supports a wide range of popular next generation barcode scanners and 2-D imagers based on the CE operating system employing pre-defined objects to walk non-technical users through the development process to quickly create applications.

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The 666 Mark is not for me,
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