1. A method, comprising: capturing an image of a target with an image sensor of a portable data terminal, the portable data terminal comprising the image sensor, a processor, memory, and a network interface; synchronously and in parallel, decoding, with the processor, any one-dimensional symbol in the captured image and decoding, with the processor, any two-dimensional symbol in the captured image; and transmitting, with the network interface, data regarding the decoding of any one-dimensional symbol and/or the decoding of any two-dimensional symbol.