Livescribe 4GB Pulse Smartpen
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Capture everything. The Pulse smartpen records audio and links it to what you write. Missed something? Tap on your notes or drawings with the tip of your Pulse smartpen to hear what was said while you were writing. No need to lug the laptop. The Pulse smartpen automatically captures everything as you write or draw. Transfer your notes to your computer, organize them, and even search for words within your notes. Find what you want in just seconds.... » full description
Capture everything. The Pulse smartpen records audio and links it to what you write. Missed something? Tap on your notes or drawings with the tip of your Pulse smartpen to hear what was said while you were writing. No need to lug the laptop. The Pulse smartpen automatically captures everything as you write or draw. Transfer your notes to your computer, organize them, and even search for words within your notes. Find what you want in just seconds. Share your notes. Transform your notes and audio into interactive movies. Upload your creations online for everyone to see, hear, and play. What you get: • The Pulse smartpen (1.3 ounces, anodized aluminum housing) • 4 GB of memory (actual user available memory will be less) • Livescribe Desktop software (download) • 3-D Recording Headset • 50 sheet dot paper lined notebook • USB mobile charging cradle • Smartpen case • 2 black fine point ink cartridges • Interactive Getting Started Guide • Tips & Tricks Guide What You Need: • Windows XP™ 32-bit SP2 or higher, Windows Vista™ 32 or 64-bit operating system, or Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.5.5 or newer • 600MHz CPU or higher • 300 MB minimum free disk space • Available USB port • Internet connection The Pulse smartpen works only with Livescribe dot paper. « short desciption
User Reviews
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Review Date: 2009-11-21
First this is a rehash of the 2g model. It's the same in all respects EXCEPT memory and color of pen.
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If you're like me you have little time for much of everything and wanted a device that accomplished several things in an organized manner. This pen meets some of those needs but this review is not based on them, rather on its downfalls.
1. The dimensions of the pen are rather thick and bulky for an average size female hand. I had a fellow male class mate that said he didn't like the feel at all because of its girth.
2. Exterior surface has a tendency to roll off desk or any smooth surface. Easy ugly fix - put a rubber band around the end to create roll off friction.
3. Ink Refill cost. This is a huge factor of dissatisfaction. I run about 15 pages of notes per week and my pen dries clean every month. I'm not an overly manic hard press writer but not a paper skimmer either.
4. Paper cost. Of course this pen needs specialized paper but the cost is just another factor to be aware of. Yes I've attempted to make my own and have had some success - but this too has its own issues with consistency. You will need a good printer to do this.
5. Extremely limited file flexibility. I won't belabor this -search the net for more specifics. But this is a huge issue with many users. The deletion of single pages, files and cross referencing all have serious flaws.
6. What you see uploaded is not always what you see on paper. You're writing must have fluidity to really have use in sharing, otherwise some vertical lines do not not always show - such as make shift geometrical designs. Easy simple sketches have break spots where you don't intend them for example.
7. Audio quality is superb in small class room settings. However open wide to a large lecture hall and forget it. It picks up everything from the snot running of my neighbors nose to the AC running in the background. A good friend has a cheap recorder and his audio quality is a great deal better than this pen in such environments.
8. Petty, but you will get noticed when you have the earbud headset attached. There is a cool factor and a geek one. Ok, this is superficial but ought to be noted.
There you have it. If this review helps - good and if not I hope you enjoy and have success with it. I'm handing mine off to a fellow student that likes the cool factor. It's back to old school for me; cheap generic notebook and pen with an inexpensive recorder option that can tag notes under a marker system.
User: Rescued By A Pitbull
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Summary: You've read the upswing how about the downswing
Helpful Votes: 4
Total Votes: 4
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Review Date: 2009-11-10
this pen has a problem with keeping time. over time, the clock speeds up. you have to keep resetting it to get the time to stay right.
other than that, the pen works as advertised. the pen speeds up about 10 seconds per day. that's a lot of time to be off each day. also, the battery over time loses its ability to hold its charge. the battery sealed in, so you can't replace it. you'll have to replace this pen within 2 years for sure because the battery won't hold its charge.
User: Erica Ford
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Summary: buggy
Helpful Votes: 9
Total Votes: 10
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Review Date: 2009-11-09
I just bought the 4gb Pulse Pen by Livescribe.
The product is amazing and works perfect, either for my business meetings or for my MBA classes.
I am trying to think of a negative atribute to the pen and the only thing I can think of is the fact that you have to be careful, since the pen is all round and will roll down a desk easily. Since I like my pen a lot I try to be very careful with this aspect.
Other than that:
1)The recording quality is great either for small rooms or to large conference rooms;
2)The software is easy to install and I did not have any problem with it either;
3)Upload time is also good;
4)File size is not big (for the quality of the recording)
Looking for:
The application store (Livescribe says they will launch in december, but I am not sure). I bet we will see a lot of cool stuff to use with the pen.
In short: If you have to take notes, for your profession or studies, this is a MUST have product.
I highly recommend this!!
User: Harun
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Summary: Incredible Product!!
Helpful Votes: 3
Total Votes: 3
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Review Date: 2009-11-08
HERE IS 5% COUPON CODE 100 % SUCCESS RATE, I just used it last night, I hope other ppl can benefit from it:
LS05DSC651 - thatz a zero not an alphabet O absolutely love this pen, saves me a bunch of time when I'm studying for any of my tests, and my profs love it too!
User: Paul Park
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Summary: best college tool ever!!!
Helpful Votes: 2
Total Votes: 4
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Review Date: 2009-10-28
Wow! This is truly an extraordinary technological wonder and products like this don't come along often - I'm certain that it will change the manner in which I study. While the Livescribe 4GB is rather expensive, its abilty to record notes, while seamlessly attaching audio to those notes is simply amazing. I've been using Microsoft's OneNote for most of the classes I've been taking recently - and that has been a fairly good product, but the ability of Livescribe to literally record your handwritten notes, attach audio to them, and then allow you to go back and review those notes (with audio) - all without the use of a laptop is simply phenomenal!
While the software that comes with the pen is sufficient, there are a few limitations that I suspect will be improved in future versions. The most notable problem seems to be the need to have a special notebook for each class (as one cannot, yet, separate existing Livescribe files into smaller units). Just the same, it's possible to examine the files on a computer although the the included software program is required to use all of the available functions when viewing/listening to files. Files can also be exported in a variety of formats (again, not all features will be available dependent upon how your files are exported) such as .pdf and Flash. While this may be a bit of an inconvenience, for me, this device is absolutely wonderful.
Another cool feature is the ability to upload your notes to a special location so that they may be shared with others - I've already tried doing this (as a test) with someone I know who is not very techogically savy and, again, the results were very cool!
I'm certainly going to show this to others I know (especially students) - this pen is certainly going to help many, many students.
User: BookMan
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Summary: Absolutely Amazing Device
Helpful Votes: 26
Total Votes: 26
Product Details
- Captures over 400 hours of recorded audio or 64,000 pages of notes. (Actual available recording time varies by audio quality setting)
- Instantly play back your recorded audio by tapping on your notes to listen to the information you captured
- Share your recordings and notes with anyone privately or publicly with 500MB of free online storage for your recorded audio or notes
- USB connector to transfer notes and audio to your Mac or PC
- Audio jack and 3-D Recording Headset for far-field recording
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