Since two years, the in Oakland located company Livescribe has dedicated itself to alleviate the work of those busy companions on the creative paths of design, the diligent student, or of those who regularly attends a strenuous meeting, that from the beginning anticipated to occupy a few hours. The Pulse smartpen was the solution, a combination of a common pen with a built-in computer that tracks your handwriting to release it in digital form, now introduced redesigned, with new versatility and with enhanced internal storage capacity, which is touted to archive more than 400 hours of recorded audio, whilst still providing ample storage for additional applications, which are announced to become available via Livescribe’s new application store. Besides its basic functionality, it also is capable to link handwritten keywords or whole notes with recorded audio, thus it becomes indexed and retrievable with a click on the digital note – verily, a true relief in several situations.