Wireless ipen

Whether you have musophobia or not, you'll love the wireless ipen. This product is marketed as both a writing implement and a mouse. From personal experience I have to say there is nothing better than an ipen in mouse mode. Except a fancier model of the ipen...also in mouse mode. You move it around as you would a regular pen and it offers more precision than your average mouse.

The first step in using a wireless ipen after hooking it up is figuring out what kind of surfaces you can use it on. I made a game of it. Can I use my knee as a mouse pad? How about this bottle of Jack Daniels? How about this geranium? Experimentation indicated that the best surfaces are dark and textured.

The ipen takes a little bit of getting used to in certain regards. For one thing, you press down on the pen to click, or twice for a double click. To right click, you squeeze a small button located on top of the pen. Once you get the hang of it, this device is a wonder. It moves around the screen with laser-like precision and saves your hand from many carpal tunnel symptoms a mouse would cause.

The pen mode on ipen is a different story. To be frank, pen mode on this tool implements your written work as well as a two year old would if you gave him a crayon and asked him to take dictation. The only real plus of this tool over the two year old, is that you don't have to give the ipen graham crackers and apple juice.

The website for this product also leaves something to be desired, with typos and awkward sentence constructions galore. I was able to write off the typo problem by assuming they used ipen to write the content, which describes the ipen as being "simly... impressive".

If you ignore the pen mode, ipen is a great tool and definitely worth the $70-99 bucks or so depending on where you buy it and what model you select. If you're looking for a writing implement replacement however, look elsewhere. Maybe you can borrow somebody's two year old.

posted by: TechDiva