The sleek lines of the LiDE 60

LiDE is LED Indirect Exposure, which presumably means that it uses LEDs instead of a tube light like normal (older?) scanners. This of course has the advantage of being able to take power from the USB port rather than having a dedicated power supply.

I've no idea what the 60 means though, perhaps it refers to the amount of days before the flimsy hinge gives up the ghost. Even allowing for the rather hectic life this one has received, no plastic hinge is going to stand up to rigorous use. Especially as Canon have designed this model to be used on it's side (although how you stop the paper falling out before you close the lid is beyond me).
It does do a good job of scanning though and the supplied software is faultless.

What's going on here then?

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