I couldn’t go in without a way to take notes, but I hate having to keep a piece of paper around for when I get around to writing up the post. I figured that it was as good a time as any to test the Equil out, and while I can’t share a copy of my notes, I’ll just say that the text the mobile app got from my handwriting is more readable than the un-autocorrected transcripts that usually end up in my Evernote account. In terms of design, the Equil Smartpen 2 seems to draw inspiration from Adobe’s Ink & Slide and from Apple’s folding iPad screen covers. It’s a pretty slick package, though I do wish that Equil had taken the brushed aluminum design of Adobe’s stylus for its pen, as that simply felt far better in the hand in terms of touch and weight. Still, that device costs $30 more than the Equil’s $169 MSRP and is aimed at designers and artists hooked into Adobe’s Creative Cloud, not anyone who simply wants to save their physical notes and doodles. If you order via Equil’s Indiegogo page (which has already shot way past its goal) you can get it for a cool $109.The notes made on a whiteboard during a meeting or lecture might be important, but once the board is wiped they're gone. The Equil Smartmarker, however, can make sure that's not the case. It can capture whiteboard notes and stream them to computers and mobile devices. The functionality of the Smartmarker is similar to that of the Smart Kapp whiteboard, which pairs with a nearby mobile device via Bluetooth to stream any notes made on it to the internet for remote viewing. The Smartmarker, however, does not require the use of a special whiteboard. The Smartmarker comprises a sleeve, into which a normal dry erase pen slots, and a sensor.
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