Tag archive: pen

Earlier this summer, Olympus announced new additions to its PEN series, including the pocket-friendly E-PM1. The digital camera is a nice compromise between some of the more advanced features of the PEN series and almost too-basic entry-level cams. Here’s a quick refresh on the E-PM1. The camera comes in six metallic shades and features a 12.3-megapixel Live MOS sensor and ISO sensitivity up to 128000, as well as what Olympus says is an… Read More

Olympus has been lauding its Pen series Micro Four-Thirds cameras for a while, offering interchangeable lenses and DSLR-like quality at sizes that don't require an extra camera bag with wheels and one of those suave extensible handles. Now with the Olympus Pen E-PL1, the company is aiming to bring the price tag for Micro Four-Thirds quality down to earth: the 12.3 megapixel Pen E-PL1 will be priced at $599.99. “Many of… Read More

It was just back in June that Olympus introduced its Pen E-P1 micro four-thirds camera, promising to being DSLR-like quality to a small, consumer-friendly form factor. But today Olympus is already rolling out an improved model in the form of the Olympus Pen E-P2, adding a fe key features to address photographers' gripes about the E-P1 and packing one of two high performance lenses. But where the E-P2 improves on the E-P1, the E-P2′s… Read More

Gateway has updated its line of convertible notebook computers, upgrading the E-295C to include a pen and digitizer from Wacom, along with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a bright 14-inch widescreen display. The E-295C uses Wacom's pen sensor technology to offer a simple, intuitive way to navigate the computer, as well as offering creative control and a freedom to draw, sketch, and jot notes in a natural way. Gateway is hoping the… Read More

The most popular digital music player is Apple's iPod. Aside from being a wonderful music player and having lots of great features, the iPod has a whole lineup of accessories ready to be tapped into. With everything from FM tuners to cases, we'll make sure you know what to add on to your iPod for the most enjoyable audio experience ever! Here are the Top 10 most interesting, useful, and creative iPod accessories. iKitty by Speck… Read More

Logitech last week unveiled a new version of their io 2 Digital Pen. This newest version, which reportedly has improved handwriting recognition, will become available in May for $149.99. The new Logitech io 2 Digital Pen, said Logitech, besides the improved handwriting recognition, also offers a new written shortcut for more efficiently transforming notes into a Microsoft Word document. The original premise behind this pen line is a… Read More

Lenovo has partnered with Wacom to use its new Penabled technology with the ThinkPad X41, the first in their line of convertible Tablet PCs.  Penabled Pens are cordless, and battery free. The ThinkPad may be used as a tablet with a digital pen, or as a traditional notebook PC.  In tablet form, digital ink is captured from the electronic pen on screen.  Designed to act like a real writing instrument, the pen provides 256… Read More

The new pen will also be available as part of custom writing solutions for vertical market applications in areas such as healthcare, legal and sales. The Logitech io2 Digital Writing System features a refined, slimmer digital pen design — thanks to the shrinking of internal technology — along with more paper options and enhanced handwriting recognition that is now part of the core offering. “The value of our digital… Read More

Quote from the review at HardExtreme.org: ” The Logitech IO Pen is great for office users as well as home users. The Logitech io is a sophisicated pen that is able to capture everything you write on anoto formatted notebook paper using it's built in optical sensor. The pen is bigger than a normal pen but the brains have to go somewhere. The pen packs a processor among other things in the space that the pen takes up. “… Read More

With Version 2.0 of the pen software, people can easily edit, search, organize, export and email handwritten notes that are captured digitally with the io pen.  They can also convert their handwritten notes into standard digital text, supported by most applications, using MyScript Notes® software from Vision Objects, available for a free 30-day trial, in conjunction with the new release of Logitech's software.   The act of… Read More

FranklinCovey is also now carrying the Logitech io pen online and in retail outlets, along with FranklinCovey® iScribe Digital Planning pages for creating digital handwritten appointments, notes and tasks. For more information on the FranklinCovey offering, visit: http://www.franklincovey.com/iscribe. The Logitech io Digital Pen is the pen that remembers everything you write exactly as it is written on the page. It lets people… Read More