Today marks a significant milestone in Livescribe’s history with the official unveiling of the Pulse smartpen by our CEO and Founder, Jim Marggraff, at the DEMO conference in Palm Springs. If you are interested in seeing Pulse in action, you can watch Jim’s demonstration broadcast live via www.demo.com at 4:30PM PST today.

For those who may be disappointed that you can’t yet place your order, please accept our sincerest apologies. We had hoped to begin taking orders on this date, but we felt it would be best to spend a few more weeks putting the finishing touches on the product and incorporating your feedback as well as the results of our user testing. Rest assured, we are committed to delivering Pulse to your doorsteps in March.

We also want to let you know that anyone who preordered the Pulse smartpen will be given “first dibs” when we start taking orders. We’ll be sending you an email with instructions to complete your purchase in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, please take a look at the new interactive Pulse demo, new product movies, and detailed specs on our site. We hope you agree it’s worth the wait.

Thanks for your patience - we truly appreciate your suggestions as we put the finishing touches on Pulse.

Best,
Byron

A couple weeks ago we asked the question “How would you use the Livescribe smartpen?” on our company blog. We got great responses and ideas - from forensic science to music composition - that really show the wide range of different smartpen applications and uses. Congrats to Marne for winning a Livescribe smartpen for her creative response below!

As a full-time superhero, I would use my Livescribe Smartpen to help with the less gritty aspects of crime-fighting — taking statements from super-villains, transcribing information for the inevitable conversations with lawyers, and other similar applications. I can even use it covertly when I need to go undercover in my war against ultimate evil and secretly record my work.

Okay, so I’m actually “just” a detective. I work in a Major Crimes Unit, which means that I investigate incidents of homicide, assault, domestic violence, and robbery — like Law and Order on TV only with 26 times the paperwork. We already use digital audio technology to take statements from our victims, witnesses, and even suspects.

I can hardly wait for the Livescribe pen to come out! The ability to quickly and easily find and play back sections of our notes, transfer recordings and notes to other detectives and the prosecutors office, and even make our rough drafts of crime scene diagrams is particularly exciting. I see this as being an invaluable tool in my daily work and I am so glad that this technology is available (or, at least, will be available soon).

Keep sending us your thoughts on how you would use the smartpen here - we’ll be awarding 2 more smartpens to our favorite responses between now and January 29th.