The blue tooth scanner sounds like a good idea. It might be the best way to go.
The MC 9090's we use in the our warehouses are almost $2K each. $1200ish. isn't too bad for these barcode reader/phone/pda hybrids ...if it does what it is supposed to do.
I found a couple of links that I'm going to look into. They're not the best looking phones but it looks like they'll done the job. Thanks for the help.
http://www.opticonmobility.com/products/h19a http://www.alliancegroup.co.uk/mobile-computing.html