It has arrived!
I unpacked my TellSpec scanner this evening, and my general notes and first experience follows.
First, the scanner is smaller than I expected. It looks fairly large in photos on the TellSpec website, but I am pleasantly surpris
es. Roughly 1/2 the size (length and width) of an iPhone 6, and 1/3 the size of an iPhone 6s. I am running it with my iPhone 6s+ with iOS 9.2.1.
The scanner does not look like the picture on TellSpec’s website, I like the look better. My description is described with it sitting on the table with the TellSpe
near end, the scan button on the top, and the scanner window on the left side.
There were no instructions included in the box (it is a beta, after all) but it is a relative no-brainer to set up. I did have an issue pairing the device to my iPhone, but that was due to my installing and using the app a few days before I received the scanner, and I did not close the app out. A quick note from Isabel Hoffmann from overseas (at 1am her time) resolved the problem. I closed the app, restarted th
At first try, I got very inaccurate results. But I noticed that holding the scanner the way I was did not direct the beam where I wanted it on the food.
I re-adjusted my grip, and got better results, with more accurate readings. Food s
Cool device, and will update again after I play with it a bit.