A magic pen that can write on a notepad and a computer? Where have I heard about this before?

Oh yes, there was Dane-Elec Memory’s digital pen demo from earlier this year (still not available!!). And before that, I remember digital paper from Anoto back in 2001 and a few iterations of pens from Logitech in 2004. I’m sure I’m missing some.

Today, Irvine-based IOGear offers its own version, the Digital Scribe (GPEN100C), which it also demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Similar to Dane-Elec’s pen, the Digital Scribe has two pieces: A digital pen and an electronic receiver that clips onto any notepad or piece of paper that you write on.

Every movement of the pen is picked up by the receiver, which is then plugged into a computer’s USB port. Data is transferred over and voila! Whatever you wrote on the notepad is now a digital file that can be edited.

Works with Windows 2000 and above and priced at $99.95. IOGear promises that it’s available immediately at various retailers. I found two online retailers so far: Computers4Sure, for $80; and Tech Depot, for $80.

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