So long as the user writes on paper printed with a special pattern, the smartpen transforms what is written into interactive text. For example, the pen has a recording function, called paper replay, that can record sound and connect it to what the user writes while the sounds are being recorded. Later, the user can tap the pen over what she wrote and replay the associated sounds. "We're starting to make the whole world of printable surfaces accessible and functional," says Livescribe CEO Jim Marggraff.
The idea and the product have been around for a few years in a number of iterations and form factors. The thing I like about this one is the recording ability - you can retain both the spoken words and your written notes and pair them up. In fact, it could change note-taking altogether since you will no longer have to capture the words spoken, but can instead riff on the ideas.
I'm a pen and paper guy, so the feel of the paper and the pen are going to be issues for me, but it seems like it could be a really cool thing.
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