It basically fits over the tip of the ink cartridge and into the hole where the infrared camera sits. The cap is so small you could easily lose it, I guess that is why they give you two of them. The pen cap that is NOT pictured anywhere on the website is annoying and I would only use it if I was using the pen in very dusty and dirty situations… maybe. The pen is not heavy, has a nice finish though the fit on the silver band at the midpoint of the pen is off slightly so it catches on your hand – haven’t decided if that bugs me or not. I received my echo today and have been playing with it, here are some quick initial thoughts. I asked whether they supported moving notebooks to pens and got an answer right away (much requested, not implemented at this time). It’s kind of hard to explain if you have not used the system. So, I could have 8 active Journals, and as soon as I start writing on one, the pen will identify the proper page and journal, and record the information. On the other hand, NONE of this prevents me from accessing that information on my computer, or on Livescribe online. It makes upgrading less attractive for me. If I wanted to but an Echo pen, i would not be able to move my current information from my Pulse to the Echo. Typically the only reason you would do that is if you have filled up 8 books (in the case of the Journal) and need to start a new one. The issue RDI is talking about is once you remove a notebook from the pen by archiving, it is not available on the pen anymore. Actually, you can have multiple notebooks on your pen (the Journal format I like has 8 different numbers I can use). Jat 9:05 application RDI was referring to is very cool, but not very typical. We still love the pen, but are definitely looking forward to the day when they address this issue. The pen should just be a recording/playback device. What they REALLY need is a removable flash (t-flash or something similar) chip which can be associated with the notebook…not the pen. Sure, you can still playback the audio on the computer…but it is not as convenient as just tapping the pen on a page. If you have a few of the notebooks with audio, you had better not offload any of that data from the pen, because the notebooks/audio file mappings will be lost. Tapping the pen on any pages of a Livescribe notebook will play the any audio associated with the notes from that point on. Why is this a problem? Well, one of the cool thing about this pen is you don’t need a computer for it to be useful. The BIG issue is the data CANNOT be loaded back into the pen once it has been offloaded. We know as we have been using the SmartPen for years. The paper thing is not really that big of an issue.
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