Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ubiquitous computing -- Pulse livescribe smart pen

2008-05-18 Thread Rob Tannen
I did receive my Livescribe Pulse pen. Overall works very well and has a unique user interface feature (you can draw your own controls for navigating the pen's interface). BUT - and this may sound trivial, but its not - the pen lacks a clip so it rolls around too much and there is no easy way t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ubiquitous computing -- Pulse livescribe smart pen

2008-05-13 Thread Cindy Alvarez
I talked to someone at LiveScribe and the pens are shipping now. :) Hopefully the wait won't be much longer! Cindy -- The Experience is the Product - http://www.cindyalvarez.com On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Chauncey Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ordered one of these pens a few weeks

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ubiquitous computing -- Pulse livescribe smart pen

2008-05-13 Thread Chauncey Wilson
I ordered one of these pens a few weeks ago. Will do a review when I get it. Chauncey On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Rob Tannen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been following this product for months since pre-launch. and > wrote about its promising application to a number of user research >

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ubiquitous computing -- Pulse livescribe smart pen

2008-05-13 Thread Eric DeLabar
The Pulse was demoed last week at the Sun JavaOne conference and I (along with a few thousand other Java developers) was able to pick one up at a nice discount. Some personal notes on the product: 1. The pen is powered by Java ME and exposes a (what appears to be) complete Java-based API that all

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ubiquitous computing -- Pulse livescribe smart pen

2008-05-12 Thread Rob Tannen
Alrightthird time's the charm: http://tinyurl.com/5gz89g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28968 Welcome to the Interaction Des

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ubiquitous computing -- Pulse livescribe smart pen

2008-05-12 Thread Rob Tannen
Correction - the URL should be http://humanfactors.typepad.com/idsa/2007/12/lightscribe---p.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28968 _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ubiquitous computing -- Pulse livescribe smart pen

2008-05-12 Thread Rob Tannen
I've been following this product for months since pre-launch. and wrote about its promising application to a number of user research methods: http://www.designingforhumans.com/idsa/2007/12/lightscribe---p.html Unfortunately the customer service behind the product has not been altogether impressi

[IxDA Discuss] Ubiquitous computing -- Pulse livescribe smart pen

2008-05-12 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
The pen can record both drawings/notes and sound simultaneously (and links them to each other). It is also hand-held computer, "paper" calculator, translator, paper piano player (whoo-hoo! -- at last), and other yet to be designed "paper" utilities/games: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2JGOSF9G8c