For people who are constantly taking notes, the digital pen could be quite useful.
Initial products offerings from E-Fun include the APEN digital pen and Nextbook Android tablets.
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Livescribe is making it easier to share content from its digital pen with a new service called LiveScribe Connect.
The company says it will sell its one millionth digital pen this year.
Pentax previewed a Bluetooth version of its mobile printer and Logitech showed a Bluetooth version of its io digital pen.
It is a digital pen for on the move that can be used with a touch smartphone or tablet, without danger of it being lost.
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Part of its strategy to command higher prices from consumers has been adding new hardware features, such as a digital pen in the Galaxy Note series.
Different from Wacom's capacitive Bamboo Styluses available for iPad, iPhone and other touchscreens, the Bamboo Stylus feel delivers a powerful combination of "active" pen and sensor technology for a digital pen experience that emulates the feel of a traditional ball-point pen or pencil.
The Inkling digital sketch pen is comprised of both hardware and software components.
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For example, artists, illustrators, or story boarders who appreciate the convenience, speed and spontaneity of loosely sketching their ideas on paper could profit from the capabilities of Wacom's Inkling digital sketch pen.
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On the first day out, he loaded it with his wallet, keys, BlackBerry, digital recorder, notepad, pen, bifocals, work ID card, newspaper and a tin of mini Altoids.
IT'S A QUESTION many grapple with in the digital age: to indulge in the pleasure of putting pen to paper or to settle for the convenience of digital?
More recently, Mr. Kiarostami has explored digital filmmaking, even comparing the use of a small digital camera to writing with a pen.
Included with the Modbook Pro is a best-in-class digitizer pen with two programmable side buttons and digital eraser.
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