Write, draw, sketch, compose or diagram anywhere and anytimewithout carrying a laptop. It's the perfect merger of our most natural form of creative expression,pen on paper, with the modern need to digitize everything. Write notes anywhere and then upload thefiles to your computer any time. Overview The zPen Digital Pen is a revolutionary new natural input device that captures your handwriting withoutthe need for special paper or a direct connection to a computer. I'll hang on to it because it's fun to have and show people, but it's probably easier just to scan the notes.Ĭlick Here to see more reviews about: Dane-Elec DA-DP1-01GC5-R Z-PEN Wireless USB Digital Pen I guess it's amazing that the thing works at all, but it's still just a little disappointing. I suppose if I took the time to carefully print each number and letter the accuracy would improve, but again, that's not notetaking as it is usually performed. And the character recognition is actually sort of humorous in its inaccuracies.
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And slowing down to check the little light while taking notes during a presentation defeats the purpose of the thing anyway.įinally, the resulting proprietary file which can only be exported through the cumbersome pdf format rather than the easily and widely used jpg format is very inconvenient. Slowing down a great deal helps a little, but still there are quite a few gaps. Very often the "recorder" doesn't start when the pen starts to move, so the resulting image (words or hand drawn graphics) has a lot of blank or missing parts. That brings us to the second issue, actually using it. With a little time it can all be figured out, but it's certainly not plug and play out of the box. That's not impossible, but somewhat annoying, especially when the documentation you do find is not all that clear. For sure, the pen is pretty "cool" and quite a conversation piece, but there are a few drawbacks that are evident to me.įirst, you have to hunt around for the electronic documentation since there are no printed instructions at all.
The early user review I read was almost certainly a plant since it pretty much was a rewording of the promotional materials preceding the product's release. The price from the link below is $39 US + $3 US P&P to anywhere in the world.( More customer reviews)I have been anticipating this product for about a year, so I was probably set up for the mild disappointment I experienced when it arrived. The mechanism is quite positive in action and would certainly be a talking point for any lady. It is however not that scary and the small jewel type stones around it make it look quite attractive. I am not entirely sure why it is called a Skeleton as both sides acturally have a scull on them. Mine was 4.5cm long (just over 5cm to the end of the keyring connector) 2cm wide and 1.2cm thick. The flash drive reads as a 3.76GB unit and should be tough enough to stand up to any trouser pocket or purse as it is well protected and is the sort that reverses to produce the USB connector.
Untie the ribbon to reveal not only the flash drive but also a short 8cm chain but also a longer 40cm one that would easily fit round even a large male neck. They are all 4GB (given what the top item says it will hold you should be able to double those figures) and mine anyway comes in what looks like a pen presentation case blue and pink ties with a pink ribbon. I was sent the Skeleton but looking at their site I see Tear Drop, Classical, Ribbon, Fortune and Diamond as well. This is one of a range of 4GB drives that this company from Hong Kong sell.
At current exchange rates this is around £xx Looking at their site below I see they also do green and light blue as well as the black I tested. The first part has no less than eight useful little office applets on it. It is one of these devices that shows as two items in My Computer. My only concern is will it be tough enough (with no protection) to stand up to the rough and timble of a keyring or purse with coins and keys etc.
Amazingly this tiny device will hold 4GB worth of information. This is a small black plastic key 4cm long, 2cm wide at the keyring end and 1cm wide at the USB entry end it is only.
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