Logitech IO2 Digital Pen ( 965154-0403 )

• Convert handwriting to text -- your handwritten notes will look as if they typed on a keyboard
• Easy editing -- Change color and width of your ink strokes, select portions to remove, combine handwritten documents or paste information to existing documents
• Search for words and phrases in your handwritten notes, by date, type of document or file name
• While in a meeting, add To Do items or schedule new meetings by simply writing them down
• Post-It notes and Franklin Covey's iScribe software and digital planning pages keep your new ideas and comments organized

Amazon.com Product Description:
Eliminate re-keying, go directly from ink to the software and applications you use most often, and back up and quickly retrieve handwritten documents on your PC— it's all possible with the Logitech io2 Digital Pen. Do more with pen and paper than you've ever done before! The Logitech io2 Digital Pen's new ioTag feature lets you take direct action on your notes. You can synchronize e-mails, appointments, and tasks directly from paper. Eliminate re-keying and slash your paperwork time! Go directly from ink to the software and applications you use most often. Back up and quickly retrieve handwritten documents on your PC. It's all possible with the Logitech io2 Digital Pen. The io2 pen fits your hand like a premium pen, so you can write comfortably. Take notes or draw sketches in ink on the smart paper, and a tiny camera captures your work, storing up to 40 pages at a time. Intelligent power management maximizes every battery charge. Sleek pen design The Logitech io2 Digital Pen fits your hand like a premium pen, so you can write comfortably. Docking cradle Dock your Digital Pen, and your text and sketches are automatically transferred to your PC, where you can easily find them, use them, and share them. Digital notebook The smart digital paper consists of a printed dot pattern which locates words and images on the page, and ensures they appear in the same place in digitized files. Convert handwriting to digital text The io2 Digital Pen integrates software that teaches your handwriting to turn notes into digital text that you can edit and use in any application, just as if it were entered directly via the keyboard. Enjoy a complete solution! The io2 DigitalPen includes everything you need; a digital pen, recharging travel cradle, smart paper, ink refills and handwriting recognition software that has already been integrated into the pen. Take direct action and get more from Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes. The new ioTag feature integrates handwritten or typed text directly into Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes. The text opens in the application—so you can immediately take action, save it, or send it. Add-on products and services are also available to enhance your digital writing experience. Export graphics into the most popular formats. Easily use drawings and graphics in almost any application. You can export images up to 300dpi in the most widely-used graphical formats, including BMP, JPEG, PNG, JIF, TIFF, and EMF. Search and organize files. Logitech io2 software helps you find content that you've written. Enter any word into the io software search function, and get a list of every handwritten file that contains that word. You'll never lose your notes again! The io2 Digital Pen works with Google Desktop Search too!

NO LONGER SUPPORTED:
Just opened as a Christmas present and went to Logitech website for some info - NO LONGER BEING SUPPORTED !! Paper only available UNTIL SUPPLY RUNS OUT!!

Great little gadget!:
I bought this pen for my daughter to take lecture notes at university. It works like a charm. My only concern is that I have to keep buying the digital notebooks. The pen software loaded fine, and it works very well. Didn't take long to train it to read her handwriting.

Logitech io2 pen:
Pen is great for school but am dissapointed that it does not work with Windows Vista so i cannot use on my computer

How to get the pen to work with Vista:
Logitech sold its digital pen business to Destiny (www.destinyplc.com) and does not provide support for the pen anymore - and, despite promises, Destiny has failedto deliver a Vista driver yet. However, there is a work-around. The following worked for me: - make sure .NET 1.1 and SP1 are installed on your computer - if not download both from microsoft.com and install. You can verify that they are installed by looking at Programs in the Vista Control Panel - download the latest driver from the Logitech website (not from the estiny website, the compny that bought the io2 pen from Logitech) and save it to your hard drive (running straight from Logitech website failed for me - don't know why) - connect your cradle and put pen in it - run the installation file - start application

Careful....This is not "livescribe":
Amazon is going to be selling the amazing new "Livescribe" pen. For some reason, searching Amazon for "Livescribe" brings up this older and much less capable device. Don't be fooled. (My 3-star rating is no reflection on this product, which I have never tried. You can't leave things unrated when posting a review, I think.)