Livescribe Sky WiFi Smartpen

70% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Does something other devices can't ; Could save your life (or at least your career)

Expensive unless you come to depend on it ; Syncing often isn't smooth or reassuring ; Evernote's OCR could be more forgiving ; Cheaper Echo smartpen is still a good option

For a narrow group of people who insist on writing with pen and ink, and may forget to dock a non-WiFi smartpen often, the Sky's benefits may just outweigh its steep price and occasional glitches.

Fuses written notes with voice recordings. Syncs automatically with Evernote via Wi-Fi.

Syncing eats up battery. Accessing notes in Evernote is confusing and clunky.

We'll revisit this review in a few months after the software is improved. I like where Livescribe is going, it justs need a little more time to get there.

Livescribe’s smartpens always made sense for personal note taking, but they also demanded some extra degree of organization in use: remembering to plug them into your computer to sync, and then sharing them via the company’s awkward homegrown sharing...

Built-in Wi-Fi for easy sync ; Easy to use and setup ; Good quality recorder

Expensive ; Evernote integration is buggy ; Poor battery life with Wi-Fi on

The Livescribe Sky wifi smartpen is an improvement over its predecessor thanks to built-in Wi-Fi connectivity that synchronises recorded notes and audio to Evernote. While the core functionality of the Sky wifi remains as impressive as ever, the buggy...

Features that do work, work well

immature product, poor customer service, features not delivered.