Last week I got to try out the new Fly Fusion Pentop, which allows you to transfer your notes and doodles to your PC and acts as a homework helper and MP3 player.
The device, which consists of a pen and special Fly Paper notebook costs $79.99, automatically scans and digitizes everything you write or draw in the notebook so when you hook it to your computer you can easily transfer your notes to an e-mail, word document or turn them into a jpg. The notebook and pen combo also allows you to interact with your notes and get feedback and step-by-step help, as well as play MP3s and games. The Fly Fusion was made by Leapfrog and intended for kids ages 10 and up, but I found myself wishing I would have had one in college, where I took hundreds of pages of notes a month.
For more of my review and to watch a video of how it works, read more
Overall, I thought the pen was really exciting and could be a real time saver for anyone who takes copious notes. The homework help features are great (you can get help solving equations and can help you with language homework by translating words), but I worry they could become a cheating device in the classroom. As a mac girl I was a little bummed the company hasn't come up with a mac compatible pen yet - they claim one is in the works - however, I am sure plenty of PC kids, college students and even professionals that have to take a lot of notes will find it useful. Check out the video below to see how it works.
Max Mara
Start London
Achile
I'm loving this concept!
1That definitely would have been helpful in college!
2Wow. I'd love to get one, but I'm in the same boat as you are--a Macbook owner.
Oh well. Patience is key!
3It's weird because 10 year olds would have little to no use for this. It would be handy for me, but my only concern is that is transfers the notes as an image. I can barely read my own handwriting
4in theory, i would've loved to have this at school...in reality, i believe it would've only served as yet another distraction in class, much like the hot guy who sat two rows in front of me in calculus...yummy!!
5Cool concepts...it's basically a cheaper/easier to use version of a Tablet PC. But, in todays world honestly typing is faster, so I can't see the use for this in college (and the Tablet PC would work better in that instance too because you could draw diagrams/ doodles directly in the Word doc.)
6I think this is a pretty nifty idea. I'm just starting back to college and I might get one. I can't really carry around a laptop and tablet to every class. I'd like to see how the software works though to be sure that it'd work the way I'm thinking it would.
7i don't take my laptop to school to use. i always worry about spelling mistakes so i think it is easier to hand write notes...less to bring, too. plus, at UBC there is free wireless so i think i'd be too tempted to look on the internet during class like so many people do. too bad this isn't mac-friendly yet. i always wish i had my notes online but dont' want to retype them.
8OMG. I need!
9OMG. I need!
10@irisamelia
/agree
11Doesn't everyone have a laptop in class now?
I have this pen and I LOVE it. I know it is meant for kids, but I have used it for taking notes at meetings, writing out my blog when I am on the go (it converted my writing almost perfectly to Word), and my craft ideas and doodles. It is a great product and I hope they come out with new software that is outside the tween audience.
12Any product that was intended for the tween audience i think is pretty useful, seeing as to how tech-savvy my younger cousins (tweens) are nowadays. now.. if the pen was covered in Bratz cartoons in pink, I might be a little worried about bringing it to my medical anthropology class, haha.
The pen is a cool concept, but does that mean you have to keep buying that special paper?
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