The reason for the 2.0 Livescribe Desktop (I discussed it in my last post here.) is to make way for the next big thing: Apps!
The Livescribe Application Store (Beta) is one of the biggest things to hit Livescribe since the wave of paper products in the middle of last year. They upgraded the pen to an astounding 4GB, just to hold more of those delicious apps.
Later I’ll be going through the cheap (and free) apps that are available to the Livescribe owners, but today I’m talking about the store itself.
Applications galore at the Livescribe Online Store!
When it was first introduced, there were so many people visiting it that it cause the servers to have sporadic issues for at least a week. (Remember that finals pencast you wanted to upload but couldn’t? Yeah, this is why.) Since then, it’s been growing in popularity.
There are free applications, cheap applications ranging from .99 to 2.99 and more expensive ones. The most expensive is Yiddish chanting for a whopping 99.99 (Magic Yid). And they range from Educational to just plain fun.
There have been some issues with getting the applications to download properly on the Livescribe Desktop, but with a quick rename (I’ll post more on that later – it’s changed since the 1.7) you’ll be good to go.
You have to have the 2.0.1 LD and 2.1.1 FW in order to take advantage of the apps; but it’s worth it in my opinion.
I bought the Hang Man application the first day it came out, and my daughter loves it. She’s always enjoyed the piano, so having Hang Man really made her day. Truth be told, I enjoy it, as well.
I also took advantage of a free offer and snagged up Draw Poker, which takes paper but the ‘Application Drawings’ can be used again and again, thus ensuring you don’t have to waste paper on repeatedly drawing the application support picture. (And, finally a reason for the stylus!)
Have you checked out the new Application Store? What’d you think of it? Did you buy one of the Apps? Which ones?
Filed under: Livescribe, Smartpen, Applications, Store
Another Livescribe Blog 