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11/19/09
Here is a sample of how we are using it:
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11/19/09
I want an app where I put a star next to a note and it becomes a task in my ToDo list, or draw an envelope and the note becomes a draft email in my mail app, draw a little calendar and when I sync I get a new entry in my Calendar program on the right date and time with attendee list as I wrote it in my notebook.
That is a killer app.
11/19/09
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11/19/09
Yeah, it's expensive for a pen. It's not expensive for something that keeps me from buying a more expensive tablet (or netbook hack) and I get the functionality that I wanted. I haven't tried any of the new apps yet, I'm sure that it will take time to develop some decent penlets. Hopefully the maturation of this product will bring more users in, so that developers will have a good reason to spend time developing for it.
11/19/09
11/19/09
If you fill up a few journals, the voice data is coupled to the location of the notes in the journals.
Once removed from the pen, there is no way to reload the data...so the voice notations are no longer directly accessible just by clicking on the journals.
A removable flash memory would be a great design enhancement to the pen.
11/19/09
$25, runs Windows 95, all the old school apps I need, and it even has a barcode scanner. Expandable via Compact Flash/PCMCIA. Wireless support. Barcode scanner.
Compare that to a $100+ fancy pen that requires constant supplies of paper and a host computer.
I'd probably lose the pen. I wouldn't lose a giant Telxon PTC-2134.
11/19/09
Awesome.
I can't wait until app stores come to other random and insipid objects. And having just read another Gizmodo article about salt and pepper shakers, I believe that next step to be taken with sex toys.
First app will be a game. You'll score points based on the best orgasm given to yourself or a partner with the toy. You'll be able to compete with fellow players- on yourself, on other players, and even on your partner. You'll be informed if someone beats your high score...
On a note more directly relating the the Livescribe Pulse itself, the idea of drawing apps fascinates me. I would buy this pen just to use it to make apps for the pen, with no intention of using the pen or the apps. I like the idea. The future of programming.
10/19/09
10/19/09
I mean, WTF is so damned "smart" about it anyway? As I wrote answers to essay questions, did it fix my misspelled words? Or did it alert me to my bad grammar and suggest better sentence structure? Did it ever, even once, give me the correct responses to any quiz questions? No, no, and no, it did not.
Nope, next time I need to pass a class, I'm sticking to good old tried and true methods of test-taking, like copying off the A-student in front of me or just cramming copious notes inside my shirt sleeve.
Stupid smartpen.
10/19/09
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10/19/09
--Motions. The stabbing motions. #livescribe
10/19/09
Am I the only one who read "Jack Loftus" and saw "Jack Klompus?"...Must be the pen #livescribe
10/19/09
10/19/09
lol! The funny thing is, I can hear his voice saying it.
I love sponge cake! #livescribe
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11/17/08
I'm still amazed at how it can record and playback audio simply by pointing the pen at any part of a page you've written to.
I'm a keyboard note-taker myself, but for the students still hand-writing notes, this will be the next "revolution" in note taking. Mark my words
11/17/08
11/17/08
Something needs to be done about this obnoxious font-size!
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Might I suggest a base font size of 13px, with a line height of 1.5em(1.7em has always been too much for my taste), and the width of the article content near 600px?(this block of text is 660px wide, with a font size of 13px, and a line-height of 1.5em)
Just for the record, this post is damn near 11" wide on my monitor. Most of the others are an almost as equally egregious 9.5".
Or, could you at least let us know when you're done futzing around with it? That way I only have to custom tailor it to my liking once, as opposed to three to four times a day/week.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the effort.
Makes a good size for the permalink, dontcha think?