About the Logitech io2 Pen Technology-
The Logitech io2 pen is smaller, lighter, and fits into your hand like a premium pen, enabling you to write comfortably. Its sleek and stylish design and smooth finish only add to its appeal. It also contains an ink cartridge so that you can always see what you have written or drawn. The pen cap serves as the on/off switch, while the hole in the clip can be used to remove the ink cartridge. The two tricolor LEDs provide battery and memory status information. You can use the Logitech io for up to 25 pages before the battery needs recharging. Green indicates the battery is at full charge. Yellow indicates the battery is less than 50% charged. And red indicates the battery is low and you must recharge it soon. Included with the pen is an ultra compact, USB-powered cradle that allows for easier travel with your Logitech io2 pen. For those who mainly use their pens at their desk, an optional desktop cradle is perfectly suited with its sturdy and robust design. Both cradles allow your handwritten notes to be downloaded into your computer via the Logitech io digital pen. The pen is used in exactly the same way as a ballpoint pen. You activate the pen by removing the cap, and deactivate it by replacing the cap. There are no extra steps required. Simply write down your information just as you would with pen and paper-up to 40 pages at a time. When you write with the pen, a tiny camera with an optical sensor captures your work and registers the pen´s movements, while a processor digitizes your words and images. After placing the pen in the cradle, all your information gets transferred to your PC or on a network server.
Specifications
Data Interface: USB
User Interface: Battery status: 1 green & 1 red LED Memory status: 1 green & 1 red LED Vibrating feedback function
Strokes Memory: 856 KBytes
Battery type: Rechargeable lithium ion battery
Battery autonomy, continuous usage: 3 hrs
Battery autonomy, standby mode: 20 hrs
Battery autonomy, cap on: 280 days
Memory data retention: 5-years/flash memory
Pen weight, cap on: 37.4 g
Length, cap on: 156.7 mm
Overview:-
Control:
Sleek pen design: Fits your hand like a premium pen. Use it comfortably, without strain.
Handwriting-to-digital text conversion: Built-in learning software converts your handwritten notes to digital text as entered on a keyboard.
Multiple graphics formats: Export 300 dpi images to most popular graphics formats, including BMP, JPEG, PNG, JIF, TIFF, and EMF.
ioTag™ routing symbols: Speed your workflow by using ioTags (inked symbols) to bypass keyboard entry and route handwritten messages, appointments, and tasks directly to Microsoft® Outlook® and Lotus Notes®.
Written content search: Never lose valuable notes again. Enter a word into the io™ search function to return a list of all captured files containing that word. (Also works with Google Desktop Search.)
Sleek pen design: Fits your hand like a premium pen. Use it comfortably, without strain.
Handwriting-to-digital text conversion: Built-in learning software converts your handwritten notes to digital text as entered on a keyboard.
Multiple graphics formats: Export 300 dpi images to most popular graphics formats, including BMP, JPEG, PNG, JIF, TIFF, and EMF.
ioTag™ routing symbols: Speed your workflow by using ioTags (inked symbols) to bypass keyboard entry and route handwritten messages, appointments, and tasks directly to Microsoft® Outlook® and Lotus Notes®.
Written content search: Never lose valuable notes again. Enter a word into the io™ search function to return a list of all captured files containing that word. (Also works with Google Desktop Search.)
Convenience
Docking cradle: Dock your Logitech® io™2 Digital Pen in the cradle to transfer text and sketches automatically to your PC, where you can review, edit, and share them in digital form.
Digital notebook: Use the included "smart paper" notebook with your Digital Pen. As you move the pen across the paper, it reads the printed dot pattern on the sheet and converts the information into a digital version of what’s written or drawn.
All-in-one solution: Everything you need—digital pen, recharging travel cradle, smart paper, ink refills, and handwriting recognition software—is included in the product package.
Docking cradle: Dock your Logitech® io™2 Digital Pen in the cradle to transfer text and sketches automatically to your PC, where you can review, edit, and share them in digital form.
Digital notebook: Use the included "smart paper" notebook with your Digital Pen. As you move the pen across the paper, it reads the printed dot pattern on the sheet and converts the information into a digital version of what’s written or drawn.
All-in-one solution: Everything you need—digital pen, recharging travel cradle, smart paper, ink refills, and handwriting recognition software—is included in the product package.
About the Logitech io2 Paper:-
Digital paper offers endless possibilities for your handwritten documents.
The pen works together with the “smart” paper to digitize all your handwritten information, be it notes, drawings, charts, or tables. The digital writing system offers a large variety of “smart” paper to suit everyone. Logitech now has quality, affordable digital paper available from an assortment of manufacturers. Anoto functionality-the leading digital writing platform in the market today, gives the “smart” paper its digital capabilities. Depending on what kind of paper you use there are different shortcuts you can take in every application.
"Smart" Paper Technology
Digital paper with Anoto functionality is created by printing a proprietary pattern of very small dots on paper that is perceived by the eye as a slightly off-white color. The printed dot pattern locates words and images on the page, and ensures they appear in the same place in digitized files. The printed dot patterns in the background are arranged in a very precise and unique pattern. The dots have a nominal spacing of 0.3mm (0.01 inch). As you write, the built-in digital camera in the pen continuously takes pictures of the patterned paper. When the pen is docked all your writing is transferred to your PC allowing your information to be digitized and activating PC commands and integration.
Each type of notepad has a paper definition associated with it. This definition contains essential information about the digital paper in the notepad you are using. It is required by your Logitech io to identify the information you write on a page.
Variety
The Digital Writing System offers the largest selection of “smart” paper. The paper selection includes standard notebooks, legal notepads, and Post-it notes, manufactured by widely recognized brands as 3M, Cambridge and Franklin Covey. Available paper types and formats include: notebooks, legal notepads, email paper, digital paper, and graph paper, with notebooks that come in different colors and can be used at the same time. No matter what kind of paper you need and the kind of task you´re writing for, Logitech has the right kind of digital paper.
Your Logitech io2 digital writing system purchase includes free membership to iodirect, the fastest, easiest way to get “smart” paper, receive special offers, and even schedule paper deliveries right to your door.
Manage all your notes on your PC
Find all your handwritten documents in one place safely stored on your PC. The Logitech io2 software has been created to be as familiar to you as Microsoft® Windows. From the toolbar, you will be able to quickly assign an action to any handwritten note. Delete notes you don't want, group several pages into one file, or simply review them. And for you Microsoft® OneNote™ 2003 users, now you can keep all your notes in one place. With the Logitech io2 Software, you can easily export all your handwritten notes to OneNote 2003 exactly as you´ve written them and as recognized text.
Search anything you write on digital paper
Through the integration of background handwriting recognition technology, you can search for words and phrases in your handwritten notes; in other words, you can search anything you write on digital paper! And for you Google Desktop Search users, locate all your io notes on your PC quickly and easily. Logitech´s io2 Software plug-in enables handwritten io documents to be searched and retrieved using Google's Desktop Search.
Get more from Microsoft® Outlook™ and Lotus Notes
The Logitech io and io2 pens make you more efficient away from your computer. In a meeting, add To Do items or schedule meetings by simply writing them down. Back at your desk, simply dock the pen and information is automatically entered into Microsoft® Outlook® or Lotus Notes®. You can even synchronize an email as handwriting or text. New ioTag feature let´s you do more with paper and pen than you´ve ever done before.
Convert Handwriting to Text The Logitech io2 digital pen comes bundled with handwriting recognition and conversion software. With this software, handwriting captured by the pen can be easily converted into digital text. The results is a document that has been written with pen and paper, but appears to have been typed on a keyboard!Make corrections or drawWith the Logitech io2 software, you can now modify any handwritten document. Change color and width of your ink strokes. Select portions to remove, combine handwritten documents or paste information to existing documents.You can even add TYPED TEXT to your pen document! The easy to use toolbar makes it all possible.Complement your Tablet PCIf you own a Tablet PC, then you're already familiar with the power of digital ink. Logitech's io Software enables exporting of io pen documents into Microsoft® Journal for the Tablet PC format. Take advantage of the extended features of the Tablet PC and digital ink without losing the simplicity
Find all your handwritten documents in one place safely stored on your PC. The Logitech io2 software has been created to be as familiar to you as Microsoft® Windows. From the toolbar, you will be able to quickly assign an action to any handwritten note. Delete notes you don't want, group several pages into one file, or simply review them. And for you Microsoft® OneNote™ 2003 users, now you can keep all your notes in one place. With the Logitech io2 Software, you can easily export all your handwritten notes to OneNote 2003 exactly as you´ve written them and as recognized text.
Search anything you write on digital paper
Through the integration of background handwriting recognition technology, you can search for words and phrases in your handwritten notes; in other words, you can search anything you write on digital paper! And for you Google Desktop Search users, locate all your io notes on your PC quickly and easily. Logitech´s io2 Software plug-in enables handwritten io documents to be searched and retrieved using Google's Desktop Search.
Get more from Microsoft® Outlook™ and Lotus Notes
The Logitech io and io2 pens make you more efficient away from your computer. In a meeting, add To Do items or schedule meetings by simply writing them down. Back at your desk, simply dock the pen and information is automatically entered into Microsoft® Outlook® or Lotus Notes®. You can even synchronize an email as handwriting or text. New ioTag feature let´s you do more with paper and pen than you´ve ever done before.
Convert Handwriting to Text The Logitech io2 digital pen comes bundled with handwriting recognition and conversion software. With this software, handwriting captured by the pen can be easily converted into digital text. The results is a document that has been written with pen and paper, but appears to have been typed on a keyboard!Make corrections or drawWith the Logitech io2 software, you can now modify any handwritten document. Change color and width of your ink strokes. Select portions to remove, combine handwritten documents or paste information to existing documents.You can even add TYPED TEXT to your pen document! The easy to use toolbar makes it all possible.Complement your Tablet PCIf you own a Tablet PC, then you're already familiar with the power of digital ink. Logitech's io Software enables exporting of io pen documents into Microsoft® Journal for the Tablet PC format. Take advantage of the extended features of the Tablet PC and digital ink without losing the simplicity
Important message about Logitech’s digital writing products.
If you are one of the many enthusiastic users of the Logitech io2 Digital Pen, we at Logitech wish to thank you for your support of this product. Like you, we very much believe in the promise of digital writing.
To better ensure the long-term success of this product category, we have decided to entrust it to a company with digital writing as a key focus. Therefore, Logitech has agreed to transition its digital writing business to Destiny Wireless plc, based in the U.K. Destiny is a leader in the delivery of digital pen and paper technology to the business market. We will transition sales, marketing and manufacturing of the io2 Digital Pen and related products to Destiny, who also plans to offer pens, paper and ink refills.
In the short term, Logitech plans to continue sales of its io2 Digital Pen as well as paper and ink refills, as long as supply lasts.
Customer Support: Logitech will continue to provide customer support for owners of io2 Digital Pens for the duration of the pen’s warranty period.
If you are a commercial customer of Logitech’s digital writing products, please click here for information about continued commercial support from Destiny.
If you are one of the many enthusiastic users of the Logitech io2 Digital Pen, we at Logitech wish to thank you for your support of this product. Like you, we very much believe in the promise of digital writing.
To better ensure the long-term success of this product category, we have decided to entrust it to a company with digital writing as a key focus. Therefore, Logitech has agreed to transition its digital writing business to Destiny Wireless plc, based in the U.K. Destiny is a leader in the delivery of digital pen and paper technology to the business market. We will transition sales, marketing and manufacturing of the io2 Digital Pen and related products to Destiny, who also plans to offer pens, paper and ink refills.
In the short term, Logitech plans to continue sales of its io2 Digital Pen as well as paper and ink refills, as long as supply lasts.
Customer Support: Logitech will continue to provide customer support for owners of io2 Digital Pens for the duration of the pen’s warranty period.
If you are a commercial customer of Logitech’s digital writing products, please click here for information about continued commercial support from Destiny.
Search anything you Write:-
Through the integration of background handwriting recognition technology, you can search for words and phrases in your handwritten notes; in other words, you can search anything you write on digital paper!
You can use the Logitech io2 Software search function (below) to find your io notes, or if you prefer, you can use Google´s Desktop Search to locate all your io notes on your PC quickly and easily. Logitech's io2 Software plug-in enables handwritten io documents to be searched and retrieved using Google's Desktop Search*. Get the latest version of io2 Software and never lose an io note again.Using Logitech io2 Software Search function
1. Simply launch the Search dialog box by either selecting "Search" from the "File" drop-down menu or by clicking on the toolbar.
2. The Search dialog box is displayed. Enter the word or phrase you want to search for in your io documents, in the field displayed. Note: If you want to search for a specific phrase use double-quotation marks around the phrase you are searching for. For example, to search for only "Logitech io" you should enter "Logitech io". If you do not use double-quotation marks, the search will find io documents containing only "io", only "Logitech'," and containing both.
3. When you're ready to begin your search, click on "Start."
4. The bar along the bottom of the "Search" dialog box shows the progress of the search. When complete, a list of all io documents found that match your search criteria is displayed in the navigation pane. * Requires Google Desktop Search
You can use the Logitech io2 Software search function (below) to find your io notes, or if you prefer, you can use Google´s Desktop Search to locate all your io notes on your PC quickly and easily. Logitech's io2 Software plug-in enables handwritten io documents to be searched and retrieved using Google's Desktop Search*. Get the latest version of io2 Software and never lose an io note again.Using Logitech io2 Software Search function
1. Simply launch the Search dialog box by either selecting "Search" from the "File" drop-down menu or by clicking on the toolbar.
2. The Search dialog box is displayed. Enter the word or phrase you want to search for in your io documents, in the field displayed. Note: If you want to search for a specific phrase use double-quotation marks around the phrase you are searching for. For example, to search for only "Logitech io" you should enter "Logitech io". If you do not use double-quotation marks, the search will find io documents containing only "io", only "Logitech'," and containing both.
3. When you're ready to begin your search, click on "Start."
4. The bar along the bottom of the "Search" dialog box shows the progress of the search. When complete, a list of all io documents found that match your search criteria is displayed in the navigation pane. * Requires Google Desktop Search
MyScript® Notes for the Logitech® io™
Convert your handwritten words, shapes, tables, and charts into editable text and objects. Now it's possible with MyScript Notes for the io Pen.Learn More >>
DigitalNotes™ for ACT!®
Third-party software by ASDS Computer CompanyTransfer your paper notes and sketches directly into ACT! notes and histories! DigitalNotes for ACT! is the fast and easy way to record and convert handwritten notes into searchable text in ACT! — in one step without retyping or scanning.Learn More >>
Xpaper Explorer for Salesforce.com
Third-party software by Talario CorporationWith Talario's XPaper Explorer for Salesforce.com, handwritten notes can be easily transmitted into Salesforce.com without re-typing or scanning. Specialized paper supports Contacts, Leads, Events, Tasks, and Meeting Notes entries.Learn More >>
EverNote Plus
Third-party software by EverNote Corp.With EverNote, all your notes (including web clips, text, digital ink, to dos and more) are stored in one convenient place. You can quickly retrieve handwritten documents with new Ink-Note Search technology. EverNote Plus also includes advanced handwriting, shape and full notes recognition.Download EverNote Plus >>Learn More >>
Elephant Calendar
Third-party software by Living Paper Paper calendars for a digital world.The Elephant Calendar works like a traditional loose-leaf paper organizer (At-A-Glance, DayRunner, Day-Timer, Filofax, or FranklinCovey) but can be synchronized with your personal computer. Elephant Calendar - the convenience of a paper organizer with the storage power of a PDA.Learn More >>
Google Desktop Search Plug-in
Third-party software by Google, Inc. Quickly retrieve all your handwritten digital pen documents on your PC. This free plug-in from Logitech enables Google Desktop Search to index your .PEN files. Note, you must have Google Desktop Search installed to use this plug-in.Learn More >>Google Desktop Search >>
Convert your handwritten words, shapes, tables, and charts into editable text and objects. Now it's possible with MyScript Notes for the io Pen.Learn More >>
DigitalNotes™ for ACT!®
Third-party software by ASDS Computer CompanyTransfer your paper notes and sketches directly into ACT! notes and histories! DigitalNotes for ACT! is the fast and easy way to record and convert handwritten notes into searchable text in ACT! — in one step without retyping or scanning.Learn More >>
Xpaper Explorer for Salesforce.com
Third-party software by Talario CorporationWith Talario's XPaper Explorer for Salesforce.com, handwritten notes can be easily transmitted into Salesforce.com without re-typing or scanning. Specialized paper supports Contacts, Leads, Events, Tasks, and Meeting Notes entries.Learn More >>
EverNote Plus
Third-party software by EverNote Corp.With EverNote, all your notes (including web clips, text, digital ink, to dos and more) are stored in one convenient place. You can quickly retrieve handwritten documents with new Ink-Note Search technology. EverNote Plus also includes advanced handwriting, shape and full notes recognition.Download EverNote Plus >>Learn More >>
Elephant Calendar
Third-party software by Living Paper Paper calendars for a digital world.The Elephant Calendar works like a traditional loose-leaf paper organizer (At-A-Glance, DayRunner, Day-Timer, Filofax, or FranklinCovey) but can be synchronized with your personal computer. Elephant Calendar - the convenience of a paper organizer with the storage power of a PDA.Learn More >>
Google Desktop Search Plug-in
Third-party software by Google, Inc. Quickly retrieve all your handwritten digital pen documents on your PC. This free plug-in from Logitech enables Google Desktop Search to index your .PEN files. Note, you must have Google Desktop Search installed to use this plug-in.Learn More >>Google Desktop Search >>
System Requirements
Windows® 2000, Windows® XP
Pentium® III (or compatible) processor, 500 MHz (700 MHz recommended)
256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
500 MB available hard disk space
CD-ROM drive
USB port
Microsoft® .NET Framework 1.1 (included)
MAPI-compliant e-mail client (for e-mail support)
Technical Specifications
Application Support
Microsoft® Word 2000, XP, or 2003
Microsoft® OneNote® 2003 (Service Pack 1)
Vision Objects™ MyScript® Notes
Microsoft® Outlook® Express 5.0 or 6.0
Microsoft® Outlook® 2000, XP, or 2003
Microsoft® Hotmail®
Lotus Notes® 6 or later
Eudora® 5.0 or later
Netscape® Mail 6.2 or later
AOL® 8.0 or later
Package Contents
Logitech® io™2 Digital Pen
Smart paper: A5 notebook
Travel cradle with USB cable
3 ink refills
Installation and reference CD, including Logitech® io™2 software and Microsoft® .NET Framework 1.1
2-year limited warranty
