The ability to do voice memos is great for when you need to simply have a quick reminder that doesn’t require you to physically write it. Where the Neo SmartPen N2 really shines though is the voice diction and recorder. I do like the fact that the Neo SmartPen N2 does indeed connect with Evernote, and I can capture all of my random thoughts on the pad versus doing what I normally do in the office by using a million and one post-it notes everywhere. Not as much as my Adonit though which would show up 2-3 seconds later, but it’s still a noticeable lag, which is understandable because it isn’t piggybacking off of your Bluetooth to use. Now I’m no artist, but say if you use the N2 for drawing, expect to see a lag because I did notice that it catches hand-writing pretty quickly, but when I attempted to draw 3d squares, I noticed a tad bit of lag. And to my surprise, it did it pretty quickly. Just to test I doodled with the Neo SmartPen N2 and wrote my name a few dozen times just to test its fluidity. It took about 15 seconds to connect via bluetooth to my iPhone 6 Plus, but that’s about average. Hook it up to a Mac or a PC, and you can upload notes to Google Drive, Facebook, Evernote and OneNote.After installing the N2’s accompanying “Neo Notes” app from the App Store, I held down the power button to the smartpen and let it sync. T he Sky pen’s wired predecessor, the 2GB Echo smart pen ($120), is also still available.
The Livescribe Sky pens cost $170 for 2GB (200 hours recording), $200 for 4GB (400 hours) and $250 for 800GB (800 hours). It s battery lasted for weeks as long as I remembered to turn it off regularly. While serious artists will need Wacom-level sensitivity, Livescribe’s pen is good enough for casual sketches. The Sky pen is also more portable than even a tablet with a supported pen. An instructor could share “ pencasts” that explain trigonometry ratios, for instance, while students take interactive notes to spell out the formulas and shapes during class. Students and teachers could benefit, too. This makes it a great tool for journalists covering events. For example, you can always take a picture of handwritten notes from your smartphone and send it to Evernote, so why pay between $120 to $250 for a smart pen? One reason is that Livescribe does cool stuff other devices can’t, including syncing audio recordings and written notes. Do you need the Livescribe Sky pen? For most people, that’s an easy no.
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