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Livescribe pens are popular and powerful recording tools, but they only work with Livescribe’s own notebooks. A new product called the iSketchnote can’t record audio, but it presents a cheaper and more intuitive way of recording your drawing or writing. I think it can also be a good way to introduce luddites to the wonders of technology. By technology, I mean the iPad.

The first model of the iSketchnote will be an iPad cover. The back of the cover has an array of sensors where you’ll place any A5-sized paper or notebook. The iSketchnote pen is just a normal pen except it has a ring-shaped magnet embedded inside. When you fire up the iSketchnote iPad app and start writing or drawing, you’ll see your work get copied in real time on the iPad. When you’re done, you can replay the recording and share it online right from the app.

The final version of the iSketchnote app will also let you change the colors of the ink, support multiple layers and more. The company behind iSketchnote also hopes they can make their device compatible with popular writing apps like Paper and Evernote. But the iSketchnote can actually work even without the iPad, but you’ll need to supply an SD card so it can store data.

Pledge at least $149 (USD) on Kickstarter to get an iSketchnote as a reward. But before you pledge note that the first batch will only be compatible with the iPad 3 and later. The company behind iSketchnote did say that their technology already works with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Android, but they’re focusing on the iPad for now.

It was not too long ago that a couple of devices which were better known by their model numbers, the HTC 0P4E200 and HTC 0P4E230, picked up the necessary Wi-Fi certification. Apparently, there is a similar device but one that will arrive in a different variant that has also picked up the very same Bluetooth Certification, where it will be known as the HTC 0P4E220 instead. It does seem as though the HTC 0P4E220 will be one of the variant models that will eventually make its way to Europe as well as the North American market.

There is one big and major question mark that looms over the horizon – just what is the HTC 0P4E220 all about? The simple and easy answer would be to say that this is an Android-powered smartphone, but considering how the hardware specifications remain a mystery to the rest of the world, it could end up being a phablet or tablet for all we know. As with most mysteries in the tech world, there is but one sure remedy to settle those excitable nerves – through the practice of a long forgotten virtue, patience, and eventually, sister time will reveal everything needed to know on an official basis to the masses.

HTC 0P4E220 Picks Up Bluetooth Certification original content from Ubergizmo.

Fighter pilots and Google Glass owners: Garmin is channeling a little of both with its latest navigation accessory, the Garmin HUD, and we took some time to peer through the head-up display while at IFA 2013. The Bluetooth peripheral is designed to sit on your dashboard and project simple guidance and directions to drivers using […]

I am quite sure that many of us have heard of id Software before, as they are the ones behind the classic Wolfenstein 3D FPS which was followed up by the Doom series, and just when you thought that things could not get any better, along came the fully 3D Quake and its subsequent sequels. Having said that, what about id America? id America is no gaming house, but rather, they are a premium manufacturer of fashion-forward digital accessories, and their latest announcement would come in the form of the TouchTone. The TouchTone happens to be a portable Bluetooth wireless speaker and speakerphone, where it was specially designed for stylish sound connoisseurs without sacrificing on performance of course.

The TouchTone will arrive in nine different colors to boot, so that you should not be able to find any issue in pairing up the TouchTone with the rest of your home’s decorative plan. Just how easy is it to use the TouchTone? Well, it is said to hook up in a jiffy to compatible smartphones, computers, tablets, iPods or basically any other Bluetooth device in the market, letting you stream and share music, movies, games or calls seamlessly at any time, regardless of where you are.

You might be pretty successful in living the paperless lifestyle at the moment, but a wireless lifestyle is not out of your reach either, and the TouchTone is proof of that. Capable of delivering up to 4 hours of rich, crystal-clear sound, it sports a maximum wireless range of up to 33 feet (without any clear obstructions, of course), and boasts of a performance level which is unparalleled for a speaker of its size. I guess this is where the adage comes in handy, where one does not judge a book by its cover. Coming in a stainless steel and lightweight rubber casing, the TouchTone will be available in black, white, grey, green, blue, mint, pink, red and orange colors at $79.95 a pop.

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Think the Microsoft Surface’s Touch Cover was thin? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. CSR, a company that delights in coming up with clever ideas and putting a significant amount of engineering personnel behind them, has a working prototype of a 0.5mm-thin keyboard. The board — if you can call it that — is made of flexible material and printed circuitry, combined with an Atmel touchscreen sensor and a few other life-bringing chips near the top (because of this, the top of the keyboard is a little thicker). Since it uses Bluetooth Smart to transmit your strokes and taps to a phone, tablet or computer, the only possible concern is the issue of incompatibility with devices that don’t support the standard yet; iOS 7 and Windows 8 will be good to go (a rep told us that while Android 4.3 supports Bluetooth Smart, it doesn’t utilize the HID profile that CSR relies heavily on).

The model we played with was a little cramped, which means we had to consciously try not to hit the wrong keys; other than this, we actually had the same kind of typing experience tonight that we’ve had with the Touch Cover. Of course, these kinds of things can easily be worked out as CSR works out the kinks. As you might expect from a prototype, don’t expect to see the white membrane pictured above in a big box store. CSR doesn’t plan to sell it directly to users, but rather it’s busy pitching it to developers and OEMs in case they want to embed it into devices of their own. Because of this, the company isn’t ready to disclose details about when or where we’ll see its tech show up first — when it makes an appearance, however, we’ll let you know. Head below for a gallery and video.

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