If you’re interested in buying a Pulse smartpen outside of the United States, please visit the Livescribe international resellers’ websites below.
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If you’re interested in buying a Pulse smartpen outside of the United States, please visit the Livescribe international resellers’ websites below.
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We’re kicking off a Twitter contest for 72 hours starting today through Thursday at 5pm PT. One lucky Livescribe fan will win a 1GB Pulse smartpen, just for a quick Tweet!
The rules are simple: Just re-Tweet the exact phrase: “@Livescribe is giving away $10K in Pulse smartpens and scholarships at www.livescribe.com/mapyourcollege” and you’ll be entered. We’ll let the contest run for 72 hours, filter out any duplicates and select a winner.
Good luck and happy scribing!
Livescribe is offering an easy and fun way for college students and college-bound high school seniors to win over $10,000 in scholarships and Pulse smartpens with a Facebook application called “Where are you going to college?”
The “Where are you going to college?” application is an interactive map that allows Facebook users to see whose going to their college, and what schools their friends are going to.
Here’s how you can enter:
1. Go to: www.livescribe.com/mapyourcollege
2. Put your college on the interactive map
3. Write and submit a witty story or personal aspiration (a short blurb under 140 characters) on how you’ll make your mark in college for a chance to win a $1,500 scholarship and a Pulse smartpen.
The college with the most students on the Livescribe College Map will win up to 200 Pulse smartpens, so even if you’re not in college anymore, at least you can help your alma mater win by putting yourself on the map.
Since our public beta release in November last year, we’ve had over 20,000 downloads for the Livescribe Desktop for Mac software! We’re also honored to receive Mac|Life Magazine’s Editors’ Choice Award this month. Thank you to our community who provided us great feedback and suggestions along the way.
We’re happy to announce that Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.0 is now available to download for free at www.livescribe.com/install.
Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.0 includes the following key features (new version 1.0 features are noted with an asterisk):
-Listen to and watch Paper Replay recordings
-Search for words within your handwritten notes
-Export AAC audio file to share with others, play in iTunes, or listen to on an iPod
-Save and share your notes as a PDF file
-Change the on-screen ink color of your handwriting
-View pages
*Connect to Livescribe Online to browse and upload notes and recordings
*Share your notes and recordings as pencasts online via Facebook
*Archive your Livescribe dot paper products
*Drag and pan to reposition zoomed pages
*Remove Paper Replay recordings from Livescribe Desktop
*Delete Paper Replay recordings from Pulse smartpen
*Rename your smartpen and notebooks
*Print a range of pages
To upgrade to Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.0 from the beta, please read our release notes for instructions.
If you want to start recording audio on your Pulse smartpen without using Livescribe dot paper, you can just press and hold down the power button until “Recording…” appears on your smartpen’s display. It takes about 7-8 seconds.
When you’re done recording, just hold down the power button to stop recording audio and turn off your smartpen.
If you decide that you want to take notes, you can write on Livescribe dot paper and the audio recording will automatically link to your notes.
Video:
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Welcome to the first in a series of posts designed to help you get the most of your Pulse smartpen! These walkthroughs will guide you through features you may not have discovered yet, or reveal a handy trick you didn’t even know your smartpen could do!
This month it’s back to basics as we show you how easy it is to upload your notes and drawings to the Livescribe Community from Livescribe Desktop from Windows. If you have any tips and tricks to share or suggest, please email Karen at klee @ livescribe.com. Enjoy!
Uploading to the Livescribe Community
Once you transfer all your notes and recordings from your Pulse smartpen to Livescribe Desktop, you have the option to upload either sessions (notes and recordings) or pages (just notes) to the Livescribe Community.
Step 1:
Once you’ve launched Livescribe Desktop, go to “Page Viewer” mode (near the top left of the Livescribe Desktop window). Double-click on a page of your notes. Click on your notes to see your notes animate and hear the recorded audio.
Step 2:
To share these notes, locate the two “Upload” buttons (near the top left of the Livescribe Desktop window). Click “Upload Sessions” to upload both notes and audio or click “Upload Pages” to upload just the written notes. (Note: If you haven’t created a Livescribe Community account yet, you’ll be asked to do so.)
Step 3:
Click on “Livescribe Online” (located in the upper right corner) to view your uploaded files in your My Livescribe page. From there, you can manage and share your notes, drawings, and recordings as Flash movies or PDF files.
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An update for our Mac users: Thanks for your patience over the last few days as we’ve been working on Livescribe Desktop for Mac 1.0. We’re ironing out the few remaining kinks and will be making our Mac 1.0 software available to download here on March 3rd!
This month the Livescribe Community features a pencast recorded by one of our very own Livescribe Campus Reps live at the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, using the Pulse smartpen and the 3D recording headset.
Experience this historic moment in an entirely new way. The pencast includes President Obama’s Inaugural Speech, a performance by world renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and even Chief Justice John Roberts’ slip-up in administering the Oath of Office!
Check it out - and remember to use your Pulse smartpen to capture the never-miss-a-word moments in your life, too!
Pencast: 2009 Presidential Inauguration (Live)
Uploaded by: neilparikh
Sr. Editor Dylan Tweny at Wired.com just posted a video review of the Pulse smartpen - watch it below!
After showing how the Pulse smartpen works, Dylan gives his verdict: “Bottom line: This is a great pen for students or journalists. It’s also actually a lot of fun for kids. My daughter who is 7 years old loves to play with it while she scribbles all over the page and makes crazy sounds or, draws pictures and tells stories at the same time, so I highly recommend this pen.”
Veteran Mac reporter Dennis Sellers at Macsimum News recently took our Mac beta for a spin and walked away impressed, writing, “It’s so innovative I’m tempted to call it the iPen.” Check out his extensive review:
Macsimum News - Pulse smartpen review
PC World posted a companion video to their 93/100 rating of the Pulse smartpen, check it out here:
PC World: Livescribe Digital Pen Talks Back
Meanwhile, Amber Case at The Discovery Channel Online is just getting her first taste of what the Pulse smartpen has to offer, and she’s looking for some feedback in her comments section:
Discovery Blog - Sick of Typing? Sick of Transcribing? Try a Cyborg Pen!
