Logitech io Personal Digital Pen

Manufacturer:	Logitech
List price:	~~$199.99~~
Our price:	$92.28 that is 54% off!

Logitech io Personal Digital Pen

Average rating: Stars

Over-engineered and goofy

The idea of capturing what you write, as you write it, for transfer to a computer later is clever. But this device is INFLEXIBLE and EXPENSIVE. I have no argument with the goals of the IO device, but this particular implementation is off-base for several reasons.

Reasons to not buy the IO --

1. The pen is big. Does not feel natural in your hand.

2. You have to write on special paper.

3. The paper is relatively expensive.

4. The paper is not commonly available -- if you are travelling and run out of paper, you are pretty much out of luck.

I have always wanted a device that could do what the IO sets out to do (but in my opinion doesn't achieve). I tried the Cross Pad which was also not very useful for completely different reasons. Folks, you need to look beyond the marketing and think about the implications of using the IO -- special paper, can't scan notes you write on pre-existing documents, memory fills up etc. It is a nice idea but has too many downsides.

Try the DocuPen instead. This tiny portable scanner works with any paper. You can scan pre-printed documents. You can store 50+ pages before having to download; and as a practical matter, you will never run out of memory because you can keep your paper until you're ready to scan it.

The DocuPen is less gee-whiz than the IO but it works and doesn't have these non-obvious downsides.

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Home made magic paper for the pen

Hi,
I have an idea, not sure if it will work. Has any one tried printing out a paper filled with closely placed very fine dots and then used it to write on instead of the magic paper? The pen uses the dots on the magic paper to capture whats written on the paper. So I was thinking maybe if we print out a paper filled with closely placed dots, maybe the pen will recognize the writing.

I havent tried it, but I wanted to know if anyone has tried it...

It would be nice if one of you could try it and let me know if it works

Thanks
DD

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THIS IS A GOOD PRODUCT BUT, IM VERY DISSAPOINTED AT AMAZON

OK, so I love this product but I've but submitted two way lower price requests, and the price have not declined by even 1Cent! If you really want this go to http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/9651020100nr.html

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