NEW YORK, 7:02 AM, SUN JUL 20 | 20 POSTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS | tips@gizmodo.com | RSS
UK | FR | NL | IT | DE | ES | JP | AU
Posts Tagged “

Digital Pens

digital pens

Review: Livescribe Pulse Digital Pen/Recorder (Verdict: It's Good for Notetakers)

The Gadget: The Livescribe Pulse Digital Smartpen records your notes two ways: it creates digital copies of everything you write by hand while recording audio at the same time. It also goes one step further and links the two together, so you can quickly access audio by tapping parts of your notes. All of this is uploaded to your computer where the Livescribe software archives and makes your notes fully searchable. In addition, it offers features like a calculator, translator, and a paper piano that plays a mini piano you draw on paper.
More »

peripherals

Hitatchi Digital Pen

Digital pens have long been a touch and go technology, which a number of interesting, if stupid, ideas coming down the pike. This one appears to be useful little tool that digitizes handwriting without depending on special paper, touchpads, or ink. It's Bluetooth compatible, as well. However, I just don't know if handwriting will ever take off: consider Tablet PCs. I have never used the handwriting functionality because it's just too flaky. In small form factors, like PDAs, it works well. In the real world, however, it's kind of dumb. More »