Livescribe 2 GB Pulse Smartpen

I saw someone with this pen and was instantly envious! So, after seeing an offer I bought this from amazon recently, and its good, the search works well and recognises my handwriting and it records well. Hopefully this will be the end of my constant scrawling on pads which I then lose, so as long as I dont lose my laptop these days will be long gone.Things which were annoying; a) have to download the software online, and b) in order to make it work I think I had to do about 3 firmware updates, one of which looked like it killed the pen. I would have preferred it just worked rather than having to wait around 30-45 minutes updating it.

The OLED display has died on me and this seems to be a common feature. Customer support is worthless, as out of warranty repair needs don't get a reasonable answer. For a £140 product (or over more), this is quite unacceptable. Sometimes the pen also connects the end point of a word with the beginning of the next, turning the pdf of your notes into an illegible scribble.Yes it was a good idea and a fine gadget to fill 3 or 4 notebooks, but in view of the high fault rate / limited lifetime it does not meet the expectations created by their marketing.I strongly recommend not to buy.

Yes it isn't perfect and yes there are horror stories around. Mine works perfectly and is in very regular use. Wouldn't be without it. Shame the paper is so pricey!

This pen is great when it works, but I've found that at times I get a random scribble all over the page where the pen does not register that you have taken it off the page. This can make important notes useless, especially when you are using (the not-included) OCR software to convert it to text.I'm doubly annoyed that a useful upgrade has just been released for the pen, but as it is the cheaper of the two models, you have to pay for the upgrade. This is outrageous, given that I bought the pen less than two months ago.To make matters even worse, I gave in and paid for the upgrade only to discover that it would not download and that the company's customer support is next to useless as they send out 'copy and paste' email responses without actually addressing your problem.Overall, as a novelty this pen can be quite fun, but I would not recommend it to anyone who has to rely on their notes.

Ich muss sagen, dass ich anfänglich sehr skeptisch gegenüber dem Smarten war. Aber nur anfangs! Nachdem ich auf meinem Mac die entsprechende SW installiert hatte, habe ich den Pen eingestellt und einige Testseiten in den entsprechenden Books geschrieben.Danach am Mac angeschlossen und schon wurden ruckzuck die Bilder übertragen! Top!Noch viel besser ist aber die Kombination mit myLivescribe. myLiveScribe konvertiert den geschriebenen Text in Maschinenschrift. Und das überragend gut! Hätte nicht gedacht, dass meine Sauklaue so gut erkannt wird!Jetzt kann ich meine Meetings alle mit dem Stift schreiben und das Geschriebene in Texte übertragen, ohne abtippen zu müssen. Finde ich super!Jetzt muss ich mich noch mit den etlichen Optionen des Stiftes selbst vertraut machen z.B. Jumping Points, Aufnahme von Audio, Lesezeichen usw.Bin aber sicher, dass auch das wie alles Andere perfekt funktioniert.