Flypen - Fly Pen - Amazing Christmas and Birthday Gift

While LeapFrog will keep its focus on kids and educational toys, Anoto aims to expand the Pentop Computer business into other areas for adults and corporate use, including new Internet capabilities. For e-commerce, such as ordering flowers, a pen owner would register for a Pentop account and provide a credit-card number and a list of preferred suppliers of goods and services. Once this is done, orders can be made online by using the pen to jot down what you want on the custom paper. The pen sends the information, using wireless, Bluetooth technology to communicate through a cell phone or over the Internet via a connected cradle. Anoto is also working on other applications such as scheduling. For example, writing down an appointment will cause the pen to respond with an alarm when it's time for the meeting and a voice telling what the meeting's about. The alarm can also be used to remind people to take medicine. Logitech International , a Swiss company, licensed the same techno...

Imagine ordering flowers over the Internet with nothing but a pen and a piece of paper. Write the word 'Buy' on the paper, and a few words about the type of arrangement, and a voice from a miniature speaker on the pen will provide information from an online store about what kind of flowers are available and any special offers. The pen then guides you through the whole ordering process, step by step, asking you to write down information such as your address and delivery time. Science fiction? Hardly. The pen may be available in stores as early as next year. The technology is similar to the one behind an educational toy pen that was a huge commercial success over the Christmas holidays. The Fly Pentop Computer, designed by Emeryville's LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. for children 8 to 13, premiered last October and proved to be even more popular than the company's other best-selling educational toys, the LeapPad and Leapster. The Fly pen was created by LeapFrog and Anoto, a Swe...