1. A cellular phone with scanning capability, comprising: an antenna for receiving and transmitting modulated wireless signals; received signal processing circuitry for demodulating the modulated wireless signals received by the antenna; output circuitry for transforming the demodulated signals into output data signals for presentation to a user; input circuitry for transforming input from the user into input data signals; input data signal processing circuitry for modulating the input data signals into modulated wireless signals for transmission by the antenna; scanner optics including an array of photosensing elements for detecting light reflected from scanned media; a motion sensor for detecting positional motion of the scanner optics relative to the scanned media; scanner control circuitry for generating light intensity data signals based on reflected light detected by the array of photosensing elements, and for generating positional data signals based on positional motion detected by the motion sensor circuitry; and scanner data signal processing circuitry for processing the light intensity data signals in coordination with the positional data signals to provide image data signals representative of the scanned media; wherein the scanner data signal processing circuitry and the input data signal processing circuitry are coupled and configured to enable transmission by the antenna of modulated wireless signals representative of the image data signals; the scanner data signal processing circuitry comprises circuitry configured with optical character recognition capability to provide image data signals representative of text data in the scanned media, and with text-to-speech conversion capability to convert the text data representative image data signals to voice audio signals representative of the text data in spoken form; and the input data processing circuitry comprises circuitry for modulating the voice audio signals for transmission of modulated wireless signals representing the spoken text data by the antenna.
1. A cellular phone with scanning capability, comprising: an antenna for receiving and transmitting modulated wireless signals; received signal processing circuitry for demodulating the modulated wireless signals received by the antenna; output circuitry for transforming the demodulated signals into output data signals for presentation to a user; input circuitry for transforming input from the user into input data signals; input data signal processing circuitry for modulating the input data signals into modulated wireless signals for transmission by the antenna; scanner optics including an array of photosensing elements for detecting light reflected from scanned media; a motion sensor for detecting positional motion of the scanner optics relative to the scanned media; scanner control circuitry for generating light intensity data signals based on reflected light detected by the array of photosensing elements, and for generating positional data signals based on positional motion detected by the motion sensor circuitry; and scanner data signal processing circuitry for processing the light intensity data signals in coordination with the positional data signals to provide image data signals representative of the scanned media; wherein the scanner data signal processing circuitry and the input data signal processing circuitry are coupled and configured to enable transmission by the antenna of modulated wireless signals representative of the image data signals; the scanner data signal processing circuitry comprises circuitry configured with optical character recognition capability to provide image data signals representative of text data in the scanned media, and with text-to-speech conversion capability to convert the text data representative image data signals to voice audio signals representative of the text data in spoken form; and the input data processing circuitry comprises circuitry for modulating the voice audio signals for transmission of modulated wireless signals representing the spoken text data by the antenna. 3. The cellular phone of claim 1 , wherein the output circuitry for transforming the demodulated signals into output data signals for presentation to a user comprises circuitry with capability to provide the output data signals in the form of voice audio signals, and a speaker output circuit for presenting the output data signals in the form of voice audio signals to the user; and wherein the scanner data signal processing circuitry and the received signal processing circuitry are coupled and configured to enable the voice audio signals representative of the text data in spoken form to be presented to the user via the speaker output circuit.