Logitech io2 Digital Writing System

Average customer rating:

Great piece of gear, too bad it's dying technology.

Quite Useful

Better have neat handwriting

Save time: Put the price in dollars in a shredder

Lots of room for improvement

Logitech io2 Digital Writing System

Manufacturer: Logitech
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Convert handwriting to text -- your handwritten notes will look as if they typed on a keyboard

Easy editing -- Change color and width of your ink strokes, select portions to remove, combine handwritten documents or paste information to existing documents

Search for words and phrases in your handwritten notes, by date, type of document or file name

While in a meeting, add To Do items or schedule new meetings by simply writing them down

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ASIN: B00064FXH0

Product Description

The Logitech io2 Digital Writing System is the fastest and most effective mobile solution for writing on the go. It's the perfect tool for turning handwritten information into digital documents. Use it with e-mail and Microsoft Word to increase productivity, or integrate it with applications for paper-based workflow solutions and automating business processes. Export easily to Microsoft Word, or Microsoft Journal

Customer Reviews:

Great piece of gear, too bad it's dying technology........2007-05-04

I bought the Logitech io2 on a whim during a CompUSA closing sale, so I got a great deal on the device. My overall impression is that it's a "nice to have," but unless you're a manager or higher level administrative representative in a setting where you can get a larger order of them, it loses functionality.

1) I've tried at length to find different products beyond standard ruled paper for this thing, to no avail. At this point even a standard notebook would require special mail ordering, but if you know where to look, the costs can be defrayed. I bought a set of 15 "digital notebooks" with roughly 100 sheets each on eBay for about $15.00 USD + ~$10 shipping. In general, however, it's a very specialized piece of gear that demands very specialized parts -- no, you cannot write on normal paper or print out the "Anoto" sheets you need on your own. If I could just find a dayplanner that works with the pen I'd be able to justify the cost, but I can't

2) Let me reiterate that you must use specialized paper. My recommendation is that if you're willing to pay the price for the io2, you better be ready to pay for the XPaper program and extra paper (which runs at $15 for a ream of 100, by the way) so that you can print your own forms and have a good bit more functionality.

3) It seems like dead technology. Most of the excitement I've seen buzzing around this piece of gear seems to date back to 2005. Pretty much everything you see now developed for digital pen technology is all you can expect ever will be developed for digital pens; look over whats available closely, see if any of it will REALLY help you as an individual user, and then make the decision to buy.

4) Of course -- the high price now needs addressing. If you're prone to losing pens, getting pens stolen, etc etc... well, do not buy this pen. You're going to drop $150+ into a piece of gear you're going to have for about a month and a half before it gets stolen. Paranoia marks all my attempts to keep accountability of my pen.

5) It just doesn't write as well as I'd expect a $150 pen to write. I mean, it's a blue ink ball point BIC pen with a fancy camera on its nose. Don't expect something that writes as well as say, a gel pen or space pen. I did, and I was sorely disappointed. Which brings me to my next point.

6) Handwriting recognition. I won't even go into depth here. I just hope you have really, really neat handwriting. Like, your handwriting looks like you traced a typed sheet of paper.

All in all, I like it, but I wouldn't recommend it to everyone. I work in a personnel administrative capacity, so it's heavily useful to me, but I think it'd be even more useful to say, a college student who needs to have his notes collected in one place. Imagine a college student who has digitized, searchable notes and who can e-mail his notes to a friend who missed the lecture in thier full, handwritten format -- footnotes, sidenotes, doodles and all. It has a lot of unrealized potential, and I wish I could exploit its functionality to its fullest, but I just cannot at my level and at the level of availablity of products that work with it.

Quite Useful.......2006-11-16

I use it for all my notes at work. I never expect ANYTHING from handwriting recognition so I am not disappointed with their software, it's par for the course. The pen captures very detailed drawings that are easy to paste into other documents. I did have some trouble installing their software but it's been working for a year now.

Better have neat handwriting.......2006-08-30

I have had this product for about 8 months. The truth about the handwriting to word document feature is that you have to have extremely brilliant handwriting in order to use the feature. I personally have mediocre handwriting, hence the reason I required the pen (so I could read my notes). When I tried to convert the handwriting, almost everything was changed into different characters. In addition, a few things must be noted concerning this product:
1) You cannot go back and change words that are already written
2) You must write on a special type of paper which is horrendously expensive
3) The pen is ridiculously large (I have large hands and still lacked the ability to hold the pen without getting hand cramps)
4) The pen writes like a low cost pen, which will cause trouble to users who prefer finer writing implements
5) There is only one learning session for the handwriting recognition, so the program will not advance with your handwriting

There are benefits of the pen; the image produced of the notes is very accurate (I used this when I lost a few pages of notes). The battery is long-lasting. Interface is very user friendly if you have some experience with computers.

I would not recommend buying this product as a student. In the business world it may hold more functionality due to its e-mail and other features that are compatible with Outlook (especially to those who do not enjoy typing). I was convinced this product was amazing at first, but my experience has had many pitfalls. If you do possess decent handwriting, I believe the product will work much better. Hope I could be helpful.

Save time: Put the price in dollars in a shredder.......2006-08-15

I have been back and forth for weeks with Logitech Tech support and I still cannot get the darn software for this pen installed. The latest gem: uninstall my McAfee software and then try to install again. I don't think so. I have wasted hours on this usless product and now will just demand my money back. Don't even think about getting this clunker.

Lots of room for improvement.......2006-07-11

I've been using the Logitech io2 for a little over 6 months. I picked it because I needed to be able to take notes while standing for long periods of time. I found that a tablet PC was too bulky and heavy for my needs. While the pen works "okay", there's still a ton of room for improvement -- even with the latest release of the handwriting recognition software.

Negatives:
*The pen is really large. I was expecting it to be the size of a premium pen based on what I read on the internet. It's actually larger than that. There are actually warnings in the manual about not using the pen for extended periods of time because of this. It's fine for short periods of notetaking, but I'm taking notes sporadically for 4-8 hours at a time and my hand gets really sore after a while. And once my hand gets sore, my handwriting gets a little shaky which brings me to problem #2...
*The handwriting recognition software is pretty bad, even with the latest update. I think if I were sitting at my desk printing perfectly all day long, then the software would work pretty well. But from my perspective, it fails the "real world" test. When I'm actually out and using the pen, the software doesn't have flexibility to deal with simple things that most people do as they write for longer periods -- angled text, letters with variable spacing, letters/numbers that look similar. You have to print very consistently and very precisely to get good recognition. Obviously handwriting recognition like this is a huge task and very difficult. The documentation that comes with the pen makes it clear how you need to write to make it work well -- unfortunately, the marketing information makes it sound like you can just go ahead and write away and it can handle anything, which is very misleading. FYI, the handwriting recognition software is made by a 3rd party, which means that Logitech offers basically zero support for it.
*All of the software that comes with the io is pretty poorly designed, not user-friendly, and requires you to jump through a lot of extra hoops to just get your data in a usable fashion. It's almost like they designed the main software with the assumption that the primary reason you're using the pen is to get a graphical output of your writing. My reason for using it is to do handwriting recognition and get text output for use in other applications. If you just want a picture of what you've done, the pen works great. But if you want to actually get text out of the process, it's a hassle.
*Because of all these problems (poor handwriting recognition, badly designed software), I have a sneaking suspicion that it probably takes me longer to process my notes using the io pen than it would if I took my notes with a regular pen and then typed it all into the computer.

Positive things:
*The battery life is really phenomenol. I've never had the battery die on me, despite long periods of taking notes.
*The storage size is great -- again, I've never run out of room.
*It's lighter than carrying around a tablet PC.
*The training of the handwriting recognition is pretty simple and doesn't take a long time.
*The handwriting recognition software has a customization feature, where you can add new words to your custom dictionary. This is handy for me because I use quite a few abbreviations and technical words that their standard dictionary doesn't recognize.
*They give you lots of paper as part of the pen package to get started, as well as several extra ink refills. The paper isn't really that expensive, but it can be hard to find if you're on the go.
*At the end of the day, you still have a paper copy of your notes if something happens to your pen. This is something that a tablet PC can't offer.

My recommendation is to not purchase this product unless you're only looking for graphical output (ie a picture of your notes) and have large hands. If you want text to import to other applications or if you have smaller hands, this might not be a good choice for you. I think this technology has great promise, but there's still a long way to go.

Product Description

Panasonic's vision of the digital future is driven by the needs and aspirations of its business customers and millions of consumers around the world who use its products every day. The company shares their dream to live a fuller life by providing ways of working smarter and enjoying the rewards of technological advances.

Average customer rating:

Wish I could review it

Do NOT buy if end-use is in Aruba (Dutch Caribbean)

Unfortunately Missing Advertised Feature

Makes it Simple!

Philips XL3402B 2 Handset Cordless Phone with Simple Big Button Operation

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Hearing Aid Compatible

Visual Call Alert

Extra large, Readable Display

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ASIN: B000RQD360

Product Description

Philips XL3402 High Performance DECT Cordless Phone with Simple Big Button Operation is more comfortable and easier to use than ever before. The XL series makes using the phone simple and convenient. By concentrating on the essentials of communication, all the complexity has been avoided. Advanced digital technology ensures calls are undisturbed by interferences from other devices. Phonebook has 3 direct access keys plus 8 shortcuts. Phone has call waiting, caller ID, microphone mute, paging key and red off hook key. Phone can accept up to 5 handsets.

Customer Reviews:

Wish I could review it.......2007-12-21

I wish I could write a review for this product based upon the actual use of it, but since I was shipped the wrong product 3 days before Christmas, I won't be writing one in 2007 any way. I will be returning the product (Amazon is paying the return shipping.), but I wish I knew when or if I might receive a replacement.

Do NOT buy if end-use is in Aruba (Dutch Caribbean).......2007-10-06

Any phone that uses DECT is STRICTLY forbidden in Aruba. I found out the hard way, mine were confiscated at customs - no money back "consider it gone" is what they told me. Apparently the 2 cellular providers on Aruba paid a lot of money and bought the entire 1800 and 1900 MHz frequency, which is DECT. Amazingly STUPID regulations as DECT is a worldwide standard.

Unfortunately Missing Advertised Feature.......2007-09-22

Philips indicates that this phone has a mute feature for the speaker phone. It does not. If you need mute, choose another phone. Also, this phone does not keep a caller ID log. The caller ID functionality is very poor, in general, and does not provide full caller info (this is not due to my service because another phone sitting side by side does display all caller info).

This phone has great potential. It's very stylish and has great sound quality. However,it misses the mark in a few important areas.

Makes it Simple!.......2007-08-28

This phone set was purchased for my elderly father, who is hard of hearing and visually impaired. What a perfect choice! The large (lit when pushed) central button is pushed on and off to begin or end calls. No small "two-button" on-off operation here. The new DECT 6.0 technology is crystal clear, and the range is outstanding. Oh, last but not least, are you tired of paying $15 for a replacement battery? Well, this takes two AAA rechargeable NIMH batteries in each handset. A replacement set for both handsets should be less than $10. Give Phillips credit for bucking the proprietary battery trend. All in all, an excellent and well designed phone. It should also appeal to younger people who value simplicity and clarity over gadgetry and gimmickry. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating:
HP iPAQ rx1955 Powered 4in1 Multi Adapter Car / Auto Mount PDA Phone Holder GPS Navigation Kit - Gomadic Brand

Manufacturer: HP
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

GPS Navigation kit provides a GPS unit and a Multi Mount for your vehicle

Software not included; works with iGuidance, CoPilot, Mapopolis. PDA Sold Separately

(1) 16ch GPS, (1) Windshield, (1) Vent, (1) Lighter, & (1) Dash Mount adapters

GPS Specification: 16 Channel, NMEA-0183 V3.0, 4800 baud, 1.85x1.77x0.59 inches

Gomadic Mounts will power to your PDA and to the GPS unit from one cigarette lighter

ASIN: B000GBIKBY

Product Description

Looking to turn your HP iPAQ rx1955 into a car navigation system? Do you have too many maps in your car? Are you frustrated with your Bluetooth GPS battery going dead at all the wrong time? With Gomadic's New PDA holder with GPS, business trips, vacations, and every day driving are more carefree with safe and convenient placement of the PDA in clear view and within reach. This kit includes a holder with 4 mounting attachments (Windshield, Dash, Vent, and Lighter) and a state of the art 16 channel GPS Receiver. Like all other Gomadic products, the Multi Mount GPS Navigation Kit is backed by our 30 day money back 100% satisfaction guaranty and lifetime warranty! PLEASE NOTE that this product is sold only through Gomadic Corp on Amazon. Other Amazon sellers that may be advertising on this listing, are selling non-Gomadic imitations which are different than the item description and are not covered under Gomadics lifetime warranty.

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