Livescribe Announces Free Pencast Player for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
Instant Access to Synchronized Notes and Audio Anytime, Anywhere
OAKLAND, Calif. – September 13, 2010 – Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com) maker of the award-winning Echo™ and Pulse™ smartpens, releases the free Pencast Player application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The app enables consumers to access a digital copy of their synchronized notes and audio as pencasts from anywhere. Now notes and audio from critical meetings or lectures are portable and playable when you need them.
Livescribe's Echo and Pulse smartpens capture everything consumers hear and write and provide easy access to important information by simply tapping on written notes directly on paper, on a computer using the Livescribe Desktop software or on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running the Pencast Player app.
“Fast information access is a key advantage of the Livescribe platform,” said Byron Connell, Livescribe chief marketing officer. “Pencast Player lets consumers access their written and spoken information on the go with their favorite Apple products.”
Pencast Player lets anyone access pencasts posted on Livescribe's online community, regardless of whether they have a smartpen or MyLivescribe account. Registered customers with a MyLivescribe account can also access from their Apple device any pencasts uploaded to their 500 MB of personal storage.
Pencast Player further advances interoperability between the Apple and Livescribe platforms. It enables consumers to reap the benefits of both smartpen and smartphone technology in one seamless experience.
Pricing and Availability
Pencast Player is available immediately, free-of-charge, in the iTunes store.The application works with all iPad devices with iOS 3.2 or higher and all iPhone and iTouch devices with iOS 4.0 or higher and requires iTunes 9.2 or higher.
Smartpens, including the 4GB Echo smartpen ($169.95), the 8GB Echo smartpen ($199.95) and the 2GB Pulse smartpen ($129.95), dot paper and accessories are available at Best Buy, Amazon.com, Apple, Staples, Target and online at Livescribe.com.
About Livescribe
Located in Oakland, Calif., Livescribe has developed a new low–cost mobile computing platform that enhances productivity, learning, communication and self expression for anyone that uses pen and paper. The Pulse smartpen revolutionizes the act of writing by recording and linking audio to handwriting, so users never miss a word. For more information, visit Livescribe at www.livescribe.com.
About Anoto Group AB
Anoto Group is the world leader in Digital Pen and Paper technology and inventor of the first commercialized Digital Pen and Paper system allowing quick and reliable transmission of handwritten text from paper to digital media. Anoto works with a global network of partners focusing on user–friendly forms solutions for efficient capture, transmission and storing of data for a variety of business segments including healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics, government and education. The Anoto Group has around 100 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Boston and Tokyo. Major shareholders are Norden Technology A/S, Robur and SEB. The Anoto share is traded on the Mid Cap of the OMX Nordic Exchanges in Stockholm under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anoto.com
Press Contact:
Jody Farrar
Livescribe
510.553.4929
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Lynsey Kehrli
A&R Edelman for Livescribe
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