ANCASTER, ON, Nov. 7 /CNW/ - First launched
in the United Kingdom where it quickly gained popularity with
business and consumers alike, the Paper IQ Digital Pen for
BlackBerry® makes its debut in Canada this month.
What puts the new pen light years ahead of the competition
is a feature proven by its U.K. experience to save time, money,
and aggravation. With a single tap of the pen, the notes you
just wrote on paper are instantly transmitted to BlackBerry®.
Available on the BlackBerry® screen in seconds, they appear
as text that can be sent via fax or email, and viewed instantly
on any computer in their original cursive script or in MS
Word. Hand-drawn diagrams or sketches can be sent pen-to-computer
through the BlackBerry® as well.
The pen is also unique on the basis of script recognition
that is significantly more accurate than other digital pen
products to date. With these and many more impressive features,
PaperIQ Digital Pen for BlackBerry® appears certain to
be a demand item for current or would-be BlackBerry® owners,
says Canadian distributor Solutions Into Motion (SIM). Sales
are over the internet
and in select stores across Canada, as listed at www.solutionsintomotion.com.
The official launch of what some U.K. users dub the "Miracle
Pen" took place last night, November 6, in New York City
at "A Taste of BlackBerry®", a RIM media event
showcasing new BlackBerry® applications. "Of more
than 700 applications developed for the BlackBerry®, RIM®
selected only a handful," explains Vince Poloniato, President
of SIM, an Ancaster, ON, firm that finds and promotes the
best of new technology.
"The Digital Pen made the cut based on the powerful new
communications capability it gives BlackBerry® users.
It's a personal assistant that can save hundreds of hours
of time, for less than $500 per year all costs in," says
Poloniato. "It's ink for your BlackBerry® and relief
for tired fingers and thumbs"
Besides providing new freedom from texting and complaints
of "BlackBerry® Thumb", the digital pen comes
with a docking station for standard pen-to-computer data transmission.
Award-winning Anoto software and special books of lined paper
with an overlay of invisible dots help PaperIQ Digital Pen
for BlackBerry® produce up to 40 percent more accurate
handwritten character
recognition compared to other digital pens. Data transmission
is accomplished by tapping the pen on a "Smart Tab",
a wafer-thin small plastic plate.
Since being introduced three years ago, the pen's versatility
has won it a place in many businesses in the U.K. Hand-drawn
pictures and diagrams can be captured for email; notes can
be transmitted as text or else as script, which allows for
signature capture. In particular, its use with forms has
mushroomed, freeing public health nurses, inventory management
staff, police, and many other professionals and organizations
that use forms from having to head back to the office or sit
down to the computer to input reports.
Priced at $439 with a special, limited-time $40 rebate for
holiday giving, the PaperIQ Digital Pen for BlackBerry®
package includes Pen, 128-page digital notebook, replacement
Ink, docking station with computer hookup, travel charger
and SIM based subscription services for ICR licensing and
hosting for one year. Subsequent annual subscription renewals
are as low as $130.
For more information, visit www.solutionsintomotion.com
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Press Release: November 7, 2007
