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LiveScribe - the Smartpen

Carrying a laptop everywhere is not always possible, but carrying a small pen to take notes is.

Writing with a pen that will digitize everything you scribble, as well as record audio you later download to your computer.! Now that is just what it is -Livescribe, a "smart pen" with a computer.

Targeting college students and professionals who like to travel light, this Montblanc sized efficient beauty is a multi-tasker. It can store written notes, record and play audio, store apps to solve math problems, translate words and finds definitions.Connect the pen to a computer and transfer the written words into an electronic document in your own handwriting and then print the document.One key app is Paper Replay. This takes notes and then replays the conversation by tapping at certain points in your handwritten notes.

There is enough storage to keep about 60 pages of handwriting before you have to upload it to a computer, and the battery lasts for about a week -and all this for a price under $200.