As many of our customers know, Smartpen are the only Australian sales partner to offer local customers the option of purchasing a Livescribe Smartpen bundled with MyScript for Livescribe.

We’ve now extended this to include the Echo range of Smartpens.

Exclusive offer from Smartpen Australia

Exclusive to Smartpen Australia we offer our customers the option of purchasing the Echo 4GB or 8GB Smartpen bundled with MyScript for Livescribe.

Details of these options are available:

• Here for the Echo 4GB Smartpen + MyScript for Livescribe; and

• Here for the Echo 8GB Smartpen + MyScript for Livescribe.

MyScript for Livescribe is a fantastic piece of software that allows a Livescribe Echo Smartpen user to take page(s) of hand written notes and convert these into editable text. MyScript sits behind Livescribe Desktop and is activated by clicking the ‘Convert to Text’ button that sits inside Livescribe Desktop.

Feedback from the user community about MyScript has been very positive – I encourage you to consider it when you go to purchase either a Pulse or Echo Smartpen.

If you have any questions about how MyScript for Livescribe works, don’t hesitate to contact us.

With a sleek new design and enhanced features, the Echo Smartpen is Livescribe’s most powerful and easy to use smartpen yet.

The Echo Smartpen represents a major advancement of the Livescribe digital smartpen range and takes the product offering from the existing Pulse Smartpen and expands this to the Echo 4GB and Echo 8GB Smartpens.

As the owner of Smartpen Australia, and one of Livescribe’s first sales partners in Australia I’m personally really excited. This is a very exciting development for Livescribe and for Smartpen. The Echo Smartpen is a clear demonstration that Livescribe Smartpens are one of the leading low-cost mobile computing platforms available around the world.

We’re pleased to announce that the first Echo Smartpen’s started shipping to customers this evening and in the coming days we’ll be focused on sharing initial customer feedback.

Further information on the new products and accessories is available on our dedicated Smartpen website.

I’ve been travelling around the country recently and I’m always amused to see the other passengers suddenly take notice of the Livescribe ad during the inflight entertainment program.

Last week one passenger across the aisle from me was madly trying to write down the details that I couldn’t help but hand him my business card – inflight ad to inflight Livescribe demo to inflight Livescribe sale…

As an aside, did you know we’ve introduced an Australian version of the Livescribe Pro Pack?

We now offer a 2GB Pro Pack and a 4GB Pro Pack. These packs include:

• 2GB or 4GB Livescribe Pulse Smartpen in Titanium (not black as shown on the US site)
• MyScript for Livescribe – fully licensed version for Mac or PC
• Pro charging Cradle
• Premium Black Case.

Details of both Australian Livescribe Pro Pack bundles are available here

If you have any questions about the Pro Pack please don’t hesitate to contact me directly either via comments here on the blog or via the website

NOTE – there are some current problems downloading v2. If you experiencing difficulties please let us know. These problems may persist until the 24th or 25th November

I did manage to download and get a version working on one of my machines and I have to say I’m really impressed.

Here are the points that I think stand out:

• The new look and feel is great – They have really added a lot to the user interface. It feels different – almost crisper. Clearly some work has been done on the back end as it seems to be loading multiple books faster than before.
• New Search Features – This is a great improvement as it now allows you to nominate how and where you want to search.
• Multiple Item Delete – this is the stand out addition to the Desktop. The option to now select multiple items and remove them from the Smartpen or the Desktop
• Proxy Server – this has been a constant issue for many of our customers – so I’m pleased that the app now includes options to configure internet access via a proxy server.
• Improved Zooming – this is a nice addition – the option to change the zoom when you look at a Livescribe book. It means you can zoom in and out, changing how many pages are displayed.

Overall, I’m giving the new version an 8.5 out of 10.

There are still a few navigation tweaks I think need to be included and some bigger ideas around how the content is organised.

But in the meantime – well done Livescribe team.

Great news through today from the Livescribe team with the announcement of a new model – the Livescribe 4GB Pulse Smartpen.

This latest model will record up to 400 hours of audio.

We don’t have any details as to availability here in Australia or pricing. Once we do we’ll let everyone know.

In addition to this, Smartpen will be introducing a number of new product bundles aimed at business and academic/student users. These new bundles will include the current Livescribe Pulse Smartpen plus the most popular accessories based on the sales data that we’ve collected over the past 15 months of sales.