<![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> You all may be surprised that digital pens have been around for about 6 or 7 years.

They are mostly used by companies, hospitals and government agencies for mobile staff like service technicians).

They are a brilliant and widely valued tool that enables field staff (say a service tech) to send data back to the office from a service report (via bluetooth from the pen to a mobile phone then through GPRS back to the office).

A digital pen & paper system can save many hours in retyping documents and allows invoicing, stock ordering etc to be done much faster.

The Livescribe system will bring the digital pen into the consumer mainstream.

Good luck to them on the launch!

BradC

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> I like this. I create everything digitally, except for what I write in a Moleskine. Now, if I had a pen like this, the pocket sketchpad would be covered, too.

Hopefully the *pen* is decent...there had better not be a cheap Bic in the barrel or a goopy gel writer either - that'd be a dealbreaker.

And...I'm sure the ink 'refills' aren't cheap. Know how much digital ink costs? That's why printer cartridges are so expensive!

Also, can you write without inking? It would be cool to jot a note on my hand and have it in the pen, but not on my hand!

Also...

leMel

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> @Whoopsi: that one was made by the same who made this, except he was working for leapfrog at the time. This one is far more advanced and usable than any similar smartpen that came out in the past.

Adrian Covert

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> This is pretty cool, but the idea has been around a while and implemented a few different ways, but has never caught on. Cross pens had something similar, I think you could write on any legal pad but it was a pen attached to some notebook. This was nearly 10 years ago.
More recently there was a similar pen (much fatter and uglier) with the same dot paper you had to buy/print (no voice recording though). It was sold at staples for $100-$150 I think. Never heard of anyone who bought it though.

Whoopsi

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> @francisrizzo3:

Actually, no, it hasn't been done. As someone that worked on both the original FLY and the FLY fusion, I can guarantee you that Pulse goes far beyond the LeapFrog products capabilities. Pulse is a pen based computer - not a digital pen.

Pulse records and syncs audio while you write. No LeapFrog pen has every been capable of that.

h4nd

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> I've the FlyFusion pen (the $80 one aimed at school age kids) and except for recording abilities they don't appear very different to me. Well, that and the $70 price difference.

Allivymar

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> When this was presented at D5 it wasn't as clear that the main marketing push is college students, although I plan to use it in corporate environments and am confused why this isn't also a push.

Schalliol

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> @b_lcky:

wow........ you are one little spoiled kid i'd say....

hahahaha

Twenty5

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> Are we really still in an age where 1 gb more storage costs $50 more?

Cool gadget, but call me when it doesn't require the special paper. Better yet, call me when it fits into the stylus slot of my phone.

b_lcky

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> @Waka in Japan: it does.

Adrian Covert

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> On their website, in the video section it says that you can print out their dot paper using your printer. So that should stop this contention from being raised.

mqasem

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> Ohhhh Fly Fusion for adults....wake me up when you can use regular paper!

ethanrik

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> if only it would translate kanji

Waka in Japan

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> you can print the paper yourself.

thechansen

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> thats some wicked cuttin & a pastin i sprained my mouse-wheel finger

Arelar

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> After months of a countdown timer on their homepage, what exactly did they "launch" today? Seems they launched a price tag. Quite a lot of coverage for old news and non-news, Gizmodo. Also seems like a good way to blast their consumers with some nice disappointment. Cool pen. Bad marketers.

ParachuteRipcord

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> Kinda wish this was around when I was in college. I would have let the smart girl next to me who took good notes borrow it every day.

jun2san

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> Well, the point is that you get an immediate digital representation that you can easily run through your favorite OCR software (ABBYY Finereader, for example). Since the website says you can print the paper out yourself, I don't see any problem. They really can't be blamed for the technical limitations that require there to be little dots on the paper.

Personally, though, I would only get one if it were a mechanical pencil, or if the core pen part could be replaced with like a 2mm lead holder. If I'm paying $150-200 for a writing implement, it had better be the only one I'll ever need, or I'd really rather buy several hundred regular pens/pencils, a cheap scanner and a voice recorder, all for the same price.

dancinbojangles

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> So instead of typing my notes, or even digitizing my chicken-scratch handwriting into a nice Times New Roman, I get a digital representation of my chicken-scratch... no thanks. Unless I missed something in the post, in which case, oops.

ComputerMonkey

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> I got a demo live a few weeks ago, and it is pretty rad. Way, way beyond anything I've seen before in terms of usability and functionality.

theduke37

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> @Adrian,

Ok, bad definition, my bad!

I was more thinking of something that probably won´t catch on due to the fact that it makes you depend on consumables, meaning - where´s that specialized "dot" paper when you need it? Imagine you wearing that "practical pen" and you´re
in an external meeting - all of a sudden
you realize you need that "special block
of paper" to make it work...and..what
happens?

You just use it as a normal pen and the
idea is wasted.

I hate to be a nitpicking nanny...but I
am one of those that makes gadgets
in our company myself - and I really
cant justify the practicality of an item
like that.










JoOngle

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> It's been done:
[www.flyworld.com]

francisrizzo3

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> @JoOngle: definitely not vapor. vapor implies it doesnt exist in any form. i've played with the hardware myself. plus this has a more specific release window than most "vaporware."

Adrian Covert

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> Oh and also a quick visit to the site says it will ship in March.

SnowLeopard

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> I am in the coming months going to buy a smartpen because I don't like taking notes at uni on a laptop, but like all my notes and stuff on it.

This could be a real contender for me.

SnowLeopard

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> "The specialized dot paper is the key"...

...to creating need for consumables
purchaseable from the company behind the invention, creating a need we don´t really have.

Cute...but vapourhardware.


JoOngle

]]> <![CDATA[Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Digitally Copies Notes, Records 3D Audio]]> $149? I'll bite but a battlemodo of smartpens may be in order. Even though current pens are aimed at kids they seem to do the same shit.

thechansen

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