I don't necessarily see the WebRacer to be a widely popular product, but I could see it eliminating the hassle of going through the PPC or PDA phone route, for those who just want a nice phone that doesn't need periodic soft resets or whatever, and only want to check the internet for specific purposes, without push email. In a sense, the WebRacer would have been pushed out by the Blackberry at the time of its release.

In general, I think this is a small company that is trying to break through, and that their pen-style scanners are getting a lot more attention and continue to not have any direct competitors, surprisingly. I don't think Planon has advertised their scanners or the WebRacer; their scanners are slowly pushing their way into the consumer market though, while the WebRacer is sitting there on the Planon website, for anyone who stumbles across it. The scanner is a much better product in a more neglected market right now, while jamming internet connectivity into mobile devices is all the rage with the big electronics corporations.