Anyone who's ever installed a sound card, scanner or modem knows that even at its easiest, it still requires a bit of know-how and a fair amount of time.

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To use a bike, you simply swipe your card over a scanner, pull out a bike, adjust the seat to your comfort and go.

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In addition to being able to scan images onto the included SD memory card, the scanner accepts other popular memory cards (SD, MS, MS Pro, MMS, XD) and can also be connected directly to either a Mac or PC computer via its mini-USB port.

ENGADGET: Pandigital Personal Photo Scanner/Converter cuts the cable, writes to memory cards