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.
Technical 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
Decent Customer Review:
Absolutely Amazing Device, October 28, 2009By BookMan (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)
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.
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