Yeah, it's cool for its intended audience, but I can't imagine any need I'd have for recording audio while writing. - Tad, Anti-Immanentizer

It looks like an Anoto pen. - Peter

translation looks interesting/promising - americanm

That's one device that came out ahead of its time - can't wait to see more wireless networking features - Jesse Stay from twhirl

fail to see the 'cool' part. Similar products around already, i would believe? - Parth Awasthi from twhirl

This is on my "I want" list, but I can't really see myself buying it. - Sandra Fernandez

LiveScribe probably costs more than I would pay for a pen. - Morton Fox

no.. this pen is really great.. as a meeting tracking device. very slick. peter showed it to me - Andrew Deal

It's the perfect solution for its intended audience, i.e. me, a journalist, or a college student or anyone who needs to take meeting notes on a regular basis...and they've only just begun to explore the possibilities with it, it's Anoto's technology finally reaching fruition for me. http://urltea.com/39ne - Chris Nuttall

Re: Peter & ditto Chris Nuttall, this IS an Anoto pen, plus audio and a tiny screen. I assume they were inspired by what was going on over at Leapfrog with the FLY Pentop Computer (targeted at teens, but with more useful, thoughtful functionality added to Anoto than anything until LiveScribe). 2nd Gen FLY was pretty promising, but LiveScribe is much more mature. - Teel McClanahan III

T-Mobile was selling a product like this back in 2005, all based on dots on special paper. They where selling it as PoD product or sales people on the road, or people that have to give paper to the customer - Rif Kiamil

I'm not sure if it's LiveScribe, but HP showed me one of these pens that uses paper with unique dot patterns on each sheet. It leaves an audit trail of who wrote what when. - Tom Basham

LOGITECH sell something near http://www.logitech.com/index... - Jonathan

Chris is right - I really want one. - Ian Betteridge

I have tried Capturx http://is.gd/pWF - pretty good but the only issue is that they require special paper.. - Amit Agarwal

I have seen more interresting stuff... Maybe because I forgot how to write with a pen! xD - Dieter Schwarz from Alert Thingy

I like the idea, but it's as thick as one of those old kindergarten pencils we used to use. Too awkward for efficient writing. Make it the size of a good fountain pen and we'll talk. - Steve Lowe

I've had this on my wishlist for a little while now. It's a great idea. I don't even know if I really have a need for it, it's just so cool. - J. McConnell

Wow, that made me happier than you can ever know. I have to write everything before I post it online because I flow better that way. That is absolutely perfect for me. As much as I post online, I really hate to type because I'm not very good at it. I actually hired my 12 year old to type for me this summer at $10 an hour. I am SOOOO getting that pen. I've dreamed of that invention coming out and there it is. Thanks Scoble, you're a doll. - Sheree Motiska

the livescribe pen is very cool, useful in meetings & its not really that big - seems easy enough to adjust to using it... - mike "glemak" dunn