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NoteSlate or Livescribe Echo?
Still no sign of the NoteSlate. After seeing the Echo in the Best Buy add and checking reviews here, it sounds like it might serve the same purposes with a lot more flexibility in addition to some audio features. Any thoughts on this from those who have used either or both?
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I have the Livescribe Echo and like it a lot. I don't have a lot of regular use for it right now but since Livescribe announced "Connect" I've been wishing I had one.
It's a great tool for students or people who need to take notes (like reporters, etc). That you can now sync it with Evernote, plop your notes/audio, etc, into PDF, etc, is just awesome.
It's a great tool for students or people who need to take notes (like reporters, etc). That you can now sync it with Evernote, plop your notes/audio, etc, into PDF, etc, is just awesome.
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From what I've read NoteSlate is just an idea. It was just put out there to see if there was a market for this kind of device.
"There is no working prototype. No video. No proof that it exists." - money.cnn.com/2011/02/25/technology/noteslate/inde...
That article also says the product should be out by June, the article was written February 2011 --- so that's clearly not the case. On an interesting note, their site, noteslate.com, is currently down. They have been active on twitter saying:
"this just says, sorry, we want to be clear and fair to our community. Oldsite away, new comes in August, the end of viral part..."
- twitter.com/#!/noteslate/status/94123089071316992
Also judging from NoteSlate's twitter account the feature set has changed.
"We can´t hit the $99 end price for NoteSlate device... is going from low-tech vision to hi-tech reality.Sorry for our preliminary statement."
- twitter.com/#!/noteslate/status/93721882066558976
"We`re still solving prototype, firmware & legals for next web(v3.0) update - vision into reality. Lot of work on table. Sorry for delay."
- twitter.com/#!/noteslate/status/91517922199076864
"There is no working prototype. No video. No proof that it exists." - money.cnn.com/2011/02/25/technology/noteslate/inde...
That article also says the product should be out by June, the article was written February 2011 --- so that's clearly not the case. On an interesting note, their site, noteslate.com, is currently down. They have been active on twitter saying:
"this just says, sorry, we want to be clear and fair to our community. Oldsite away, new comes in August, the end of viral part..."
- twitter.com/#!/noteslate/status/94123089071316992
Also judging from NoteSlate's twitter account the feature set has changed.
"We can´t hit the $99 end price for NoteSlate device... is going from low-tech vision to hi-tech reality.Sorry for our preliminary statement."
- twitter.com/#!/noteslate/status/93721882066558976
"We`re still solving prototype, firmware & legals for next web(v3.0) update - vision into reality. Lot of work on table. Sorry for delay."
- twitter.com/#!/noteslate/status/91517922199076864
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I have had the Pulse pen for a couple of years now and really enjoyed the tech behind the pen but I thought the pen itself was a little cumbersome and uncomfortable to use.
When Livescribe debuted the Echo, I decided to upgrade and have been generally happy. I think the pen is a huge improvement over the Pulse but the software and sub-par tech support have kind of soured the experience for me. I am running the software on a Macbook Pro and up to this point in almost 2 years never had a problem with it but the new pen needed new firmware and for 3 weeks after receiving the pen I couldn't use it in any capacity. The software crashed consistently when attempting to update the pens firmware and tech support couldn't be bothered to really help me out. I ended up having to use a windows machine to finally update the pen's firmware after trying a few different versions of the software but now everything is working good and I am back to transcribing notes on a daily basis. I opted for the Livescribe Echo 8GB Pro Pack (www.livescribe.com/store/20070723002/8gb-echo-pro-...) and would recommend the same if you do a lot of writing and or recording audio.
I think the Noteslate is an awesome piece of vaporware, that I hope one day makes it to market.
When Livescribe debuted the Echo, I decided to upgrade and have been generally happy. I think the pen is a huge improvement over the Pulse but the software and sub-par tech support have kind of soured the experience for me. I am running the software on a Macbook Pro and up to this point in almost 2 years never had a problem with it but the new pen needed new firmware and for 3 weeks after receiving the pen I couldn't use it in any capacity. The software crashed consistently when attempting to update the pens firmware and tech support couldn't be bothered to really help me out. I ended up having to use a windows machine to finally update the pen's firmware after trying a few different versions of the software but now everything is working good and I am back to transcribing notes on a daily basis. I opted for the Livescribe Echo 8GB Pro Pack (www.livescribe.com/store/20070723002/8gb-echo-pro-...) and would recommend the same if you do a lot of writing and or recording audio.
I think the Noteslate is an awesome piece of vaporware, that I hope one day makes it to market.
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Ideally for me, I'd prefer the NoteSlate. There's something about having a tablet automatically output your notes to PDF use that is kind of awesome.
The Livescribe Echo is pretty cool, but to take full advantage of it, you have to use specialized paper and then some intermediate conversion software. I think it would take more work to get your notes into a digitized format.
That said, the Livescribe Echo exists, and it works. The NoteSlate -- who knows if / when that will ever come out?
The Livescribe Echo is pretty cool, but to take full advantage of it, you have to use specialized paper and then some intermediate conversion software. I think it would take more work to get your notes into a digitized format.
That said, the Livescribe Echo exists, and it works. The NoteSlate -- who knows if / when that will ever come out?
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