On each page of the starter notepad included in the box, you’ll find controls for recording audio (record, pause and stop) as well as icons for starring, flagging or tagging notes. Alternatively, you can print your own for free. Extra Livescribe notepads can be purchased from around $8.95, there are quite a few to choose from too. There’s also the Livescribe notepad, which you’ll need a supply of if you take a lot of notes – there’s 100 pages to get you started, but you’ll undoubtedly need to invest in more if you plan on using it a lot. It shows red if you’re recording a voice note. The middle section of the pen twists to switch it on (and off) and once successfully paired to your iDevice via Bluetooth it should show a solid blue color in normal operation.
In the end of the pen is a replaceable standard ballpoint pen tip. People with smaller hands might find it a little on the large side, however. In the box, you have the Livescribe 3 pen itself – a chunky but light object that was easy and comfortable to hold in my man-mitts. I ended up testing it on an iPad mini running iOS 7, so if you’re tempted make sure you have an iPhone 4S or newer and are running iOS 7. I tried it with an iPhone 4, and an iPhone 5 that hadn’t been updated to iOS 7 – neither of which worked. It’s worth noting that not only will the Livescribe 3 only work with iOS devices (meaning Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and anyone else is left out in the cold), it’s also pretty fussy about which iOS devices it’ll work with too. Students, teachers, anyone that has to sit in a meeting ever – there are plenty of situations where having a digital, shareable backup of your written notes could be useful. It’s not just journalists that could make good use of the Livescribe 3 either. With the potential promise of text-synced audio recording and never having to manually type up written notes ever again, I couldn’t help but take the Livescribe 3 for a road test.
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