Special Offers just in time for the Festive Season
Offer No.1
Offer No. 2
Available from now until the end of December 2011. Purchase a Livescribe Smartpen 8GB Propack - Includes Headset, A5 Book, Portfolio, My Script Notes. Click here to enquire about Offer no.1
Available from now until the end of December 2011. Purchase a Livescribe Smartpen 2GB Echo starter Pack or a 4GB Echo Smartpen and you will get either a Mini Wrap book OR a pack of Livescribe Sticky Notes. Click here to enquire about Offer no.2
Excl VAT - R2719.30
Excl VAT - R1456.14 (2GB) ; R1710.53 (4GB)
So what exactly is a Livescribe Smartpen ?
A Livescribe smartpen is about the size and weight of a large pen and is equipped with a removable ball-point ink cartridge, a microphone to record audio, a speaker for playback, a small OLED display, and internal flash memory that captures handwritten notes, audio and drawings.
The user can choose to record audio in addition to the handwritten text. Recorded audio is kept indexed with the handwritten text—tapping on a written word starts playback of the recorded audio from that part of the recording.
Livescribe sells two versions of its smartpen: the Pulse and the Echo. The Pulse, released in March 2008, is available with either 2 or 4 Gigabytes of flash storage. The 2 GB model holds about 200 hours of audio depending on recording quality settings. The Echo, released in July 2010, comes with either 4GB or 8 GB of memory, is less round in shape, and uses more standardized connection ports. The Echo integrates with the Desktop software via a standard micro USB cable and can connect to headphones with a 3.5-millimeter jack. The Pulse requires a special USB cradle and uses a less-common 2.5mm headphone jack.
Comparison of the Echo and Pulse Smartpen
Livescribe Platform
Record and Play Back - Smartpens record everything you write and hear.Replay your meetings or lectures simply by tapping on your notes
Save and Search - Livescribe Desktop saves your notes and recordings to your computer, where you organise, search and replay your notes
Send and Share - It's easy to share your notes and recording publicly or privately as a pencast, PDF or audio file.
Applications - Customize your smarpen with apps - from dictionaries to translators, time saves, games and more.
System Requirements
Intel-based Mac with Mac OS® X 10.5.5 or later, including 10.6
Windows® XP with SP3 or Windows® Vista or Windows® 7
600 MHz CPU or higher
300 MB minimum free disk space
Available USB 2.0 port
Internet connection
Livescribe Desktop 2.7 for Windows or Mac OS, and smartpen firmware version 2.7 or later
