In response to an inquiry I received a couple of weeks ago via Twitter, I’m passing on a pair of links regarding digital pens. David Pogue writes on digital tech matters for the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune. He often also creates rather off-the-wall videos, which by what he calls the David Pogue Amateur Theater Troupe, to accompany his articles. He’s recently done so on the subject of digital pens.
His IHT article on digital pens, Pogue reviews three different digital pens: the Pulse, the Iogear Mobile Digital Scribe and the Z-Pen from Dane-Elec. Each costs in the neighborhood of $100; all promise to record your handwriting and to facilitate transfer of your notes into a PC. Pogue gives a good explanation of what each pen can do and their pro’s and con’s. He gives the Z-Pen the nod.
His video is particularly quirky and amusing to watch, as he creates a funny dramatized scenario of the pens at work. You get to see the pens in action. Unfortunately, I was unable to capture the video for our VIDEO FOR WRITERS sidebar — but you can find via this link.
QUESTION: Would you ever use one of these devices? Would they perhaps be useful to you?
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Nathan R. Hale
18 Feb 2009
These devices look really interesting, and I’d seriously consider buying one (what a great way to bridge the digital/analog gap!) but as far as I know none work with my chosen operating system, Linux.
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