Livescribe Pulse Smartpen - Most Brilliant Gadget of The Year...

The Livescribe Smart Pen is now my great assistant for studying. I bought it three weeks ago and I love to bring it with me to attend every lesson. My friends said it was too expensive to spend $200 on the Pen but I think it is totally worthy of the price.

The Pen is extremely easy-to-use. It is just a real pen but with a built-in computer. I can record everything being said in class. Both sound and hand-writing can be recorded. It is similar to MP3 players or other recorders.

However, the Pen has more than that. It helps me easily find out the main point. I can do that by using the Pen to point particular words or graphs. Then the audio related to that will be played. I can even decrease the speed of the audio in order to clearly listen to my lecturer's wordings. The Pen helps me get a better understanding about the lecture and so the time for doing assignment and revision is decreased.

For students who always cannot concentrate in class, I would suggest them trying to use this Pen. It is just like a reminder that follows you forever after school. They will get everything from that.

One of my friends is a very lazy student. He rarely misses lessons and even though he is physically present, he mentally is not. He asked me for help three days ago because we had a test yesterday. He wants my notes. But I can lend my notes to him because I had to study too. At that time the Pen was very useful. I uploaded my notes to my computer by the included Livescribe Desktop and emailed the files to my friend. Although the notes were only related to one lesson, he told me it helped him a lot because the lesson was, luckily, the course review.

Sometimes I get bored with the notes. In the past I will turn on my XBox and play for an hour before going back to studying. But now I play the piano. The piano is on my notes and drawn by the Pen. It can really produce sounds. Normally I will focus on studying again after a few minutes.

I would recommend my friends to buy Livescribe Pen or at least have a try. Although the Pen requires special paper to upload the notes but its price is reasonable. The Pen helps me use my time productively. I no longer have to call my friends when I do not understand what is being taught, because I can listen to my lecturer's voice as many times as I want. I think the Pen bring benefit not only to students, but also to other professions like lawyers, journalist and doctors.