Comments on: Back to school gadget advice from a 17-year-old student http://gadgetress.freedomblogging.com/2008/08/19/back-to-school-gadgets/3150/ TV, mobile and Internet: Covering technology's monthly bill Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:41:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ryan http://gadgetress.freedomblogging.com/2008/08/19/back-to-school-gadgets/3150/comment-page-1/#comment-4218 Ryan Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:40:46 +0000 http://gadgetress.freedomblogging.com/back-to-school-gadgets/#comment-4218 I’ve read your blog post of the Pulse smartpen and wanted to share some new commercial and demo videos that we just uploaded to the Livescribe YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nevermissaword" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/nevermissaword</a> Thanks, and enjoy the videos! I’ve read your blog post of the Pulse smartpen and wanted to share some new commercial and demo videos that we just uploaded to the Livescribe YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/nevermissaword

Thanks, and enjoy the videos!

]]> By: Ed Jones http://gadgetress.freedomblogging.com/2008/08/19/back-to-school-gadgets/3150/comment-page-1/#comment-3090 Ed Jones Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:47:10 +0000 http://gadgetress.freedomblogging.com/back-to-school-gadgets/#comment-3090 Before you buy that computer or cool gadget check out deals and 'tips and tricks' websites like unodeals, couponmountan etc. and time your purchase with the discounts to get the best bang for your buck. Before you buy that computer or cool gadget check out deals and ‘tips and tricks’ websites like unodeals, couponmountan etc. and time your purchase with the discounts to get the best bang for your buck.

]]> By: Bryce http://gadgetress.freedomblogging.com/2008/08/19/back-to-school-gadgets/3150/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 Bryce Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:02:56 +0000 http://gadgetress.freedomblogging.com/back-to-school-gadgets/#comment-3087 I really enjoyed the article for back to school. To be clear about the pulse pen you might want to add that the paper for it is very comparably priced to regular paper and that Livescribe is currently working on making it so you can print your own paper. That covers that particular drawback. The second drawback you mentioned about Apple computers, Livescribe is working on a solution to as well. From Livescribe themselves, "Pulse smartpen users can run the Livescribe Desktop software through Apple's Boot Camp if they purchase Microsoft Windows XP. A Beta version of the native Mac Livescribe Desktop will be available by the end of 2008. Please note that the Livescribe Desktop is not qualified for use with other Mac virtualization software including Parallels and VMware Fusion." With both of your major drawbacks resolved or being resolved it leaves the Pulse Pen to be a great product for students. With the 1GB model costing only $149 that's the price of one of many college students' books. The only difference is they won't be trying to return it after 5 months for whatever money they can get. Also if you want a coupon code to save you 5% just enter SCRIBE5A03 in at www.livescribe.com/store I really enjoyed the article for back to school. To be clear about the pulse pen you might want to add that the paper for it is very comparably priced to regular paper and that Livescribe is currently working on making it so you can print your own paper. That covers that particular drawback.

The second drawback you mentioned about Apple computers, Livescribe is working on a solution to as well. From Livescribe themselves, “Pulse smartpen users can run the Livescribe Desktop software through Apple’s Boot Camp if they purchase Microsoft Windows XP. A Beta version of the native Mac Livescribe Desktop will be available by the end of 2008. Please note that the Livescribe Desktop is not qualified for use with other Mac virtualization software including Parallels and VMware Fusion.”

With both of your major drawbacks resolved or being resolved it leaves the Pulse Pen to be a great product for students. With the 1GB model costing only $149 that’s the price of one of many college students’ books. The only difference is they won’t be trying to return it after 5 months for whatever money they can get. Also if you want a coupon code to save you 5% just enter SCRIBE5A03 in at http://www.livescribe.com/store

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