Smart Writing Set

I LOVE this! I treated myself looking for something distraction free to draw and write with and serves this purpose perfectly. You can't beat the feel of real paper and Moleskine paper is top quality (I'm not a connoisseur but compared to my £1.99 (insert supermarket brand here) notepad this feels like real quality. What you're paying for here is the Smart Pen and as a concept, it's absolutely fabulous. Once paired with your chosen device you can simply write in the notepad - your don't even need your device to be close by, the pen stores your notes in its memory until you open the app and then your notes are downloaded to your device. Sure, you can see your notes being written in real time if you have you're device on and the app open but that's not distraction- free but is a perfect demonstration of this magical little pen and notepad. At first I wondered if the pen would shift around in my hand causing problems with the IR sensor but found that the lid clips in place at two positions so the flat part of the lid rests comfortably against the index finger knuckle. The two positions seem to correspond to left and right handed use. There's a definite click when rotating the lid into these positions. Your notes can be exported to various formats including SVG vectors which I have tried with Affinity Design and Concepts with limited success and the Moleskine Notes app needs more development but is quite capable. More so than I expected actually. It's not as elegant as my fountain pen and seems to rattle a little but not during actual use. Sure, it's expensive and before it arrived I already had buyers remorse but not any more. Its a niche product and you should do your own research as to whether its right for you but wow, it's amazing. Update 20.4.25: I've come to realise that the Moleskine app is actually more capable than I first found. In particular, exporting. I wanted to export my writing and drawings to SVG and use it in Affinity Design and Concepts but had limited success. I have since found that exporting to PDF has an option to export to vector PDF which works perfectly with both of the above apps.

I would have loved for this to work, as at its core, there is a pretty decent product, but I'm unable to get it to sync with anything outside of the Moleskine app. I was disappointed to learn that Evernote syncing had been removed, but I knew I could replace that functionality by using the sync to Google Drive process. However, that doesn't work. I've contacted Moleskine support, and they claimed that it would be fixed "soon" in the app, but that was three months ago. Don't buy this if you want to get the notes into other apps. It's a shame, as it works well, but I have to store all my notes elsewhere. I'll be looking to try to get a refund.

Excellent solution to writing notes that can be digitised, saved , sent or filed

You can only use this with Genuine Moleskin e-books (to 'pick up' the data) Despite internet suggestions, i could not get mine to work with photocopied 'Neo' pages. The software is OK, and does indeed copy into a folder. Be aware that it does NOT work on Windows? Moleskine paper is high quality, so in that respect worth the premium cost. -suggest you do your research before this outlay. I does work well at what it is supposed to do.

This is a quality system and the character recognition is extremely good, even if your handwriting isn't the best.

I bought the moleskin smart writing system for full price. I must say it's absolutely awful. The Moleskine notebook itself is as you'd expect. Very good quality, and the pages are nice and thick. The pen is very nice to the touch with a very soft and smooth feel, although the plastic does feel a bit cheap, given the price and does rattle. The pen uses standard D1 refills, which one can buy off of Amazon. The pen also charges with a magnetic cable which is a very nice touch, especially compared to the Neo Pen N2 which I also own. Where the entire system falls apart is in the software implementation. My pen does not auto sync, and I need to have the app open in order to have any of what I've written digitised. As a consequence, it's very hit and miss whether what I have written is transferred or not. The notebooks also do not sync across devices. Speaking to Moleskine, the standard answer to any problems is "please ensure the pen's firmware is updated". Unfortunately the pen's firmware does not update even when the app and the pen remains side-by-side for more than half an hour. As a consequence, buying this system was a very expensive mistake. I CANNOT recommend it as given Moleskine's past history with their previous smart pen iterations, I cannot hope for these issues to be resolved in the near future.

Why did you choose this product over others?: Just tried the second of these digital note books, and haven't been able to get the pen to work. I was tempted to try a third time but at £200 a pop I'm concerned that the pen is too unreliable and having read the reviews I'm not alone in receiving repeated duds, so will just have to move on and find an alternative

I like that you always have a hard copy in the book in case the app crashes

Vengo del anterior modelo, el cual he usado TODOS los días desde hace 3 años. Nunca tuve ni medio problema con el anterior modelo. Como este porque la batería del anterior ya no me dura más que 2 horas al día. Llevo usando este 3 días y fenomenal tambien. De momento no hay gran diferencia en lo que respecta al uso. Es más lijero (tampoco es que el anterior fuese pesado). Y más pequeñito. Sincroniza exáctamente igual que el anterior. Y puedes incluso escribir en la misma libreta, por si tienes alguna a medias. El sistema de carga es mucho mejor. No es por puerto micro USB como el anterior. Lleva un sistema parecido a los que tenían los ordenadores apple antes. Con un Iman. Si hay tiron del cable, se desconecta y queda mucho más elegante. Puntos negativos en comparación con el anterior, han perdido en el diseño. El anterior modelo es con acabado metalico y clip de camisa. Detalles plateados de aluminio y con forma ovalada que era muy comoda a la hora de escribir. Este parece todo más plástico acabado en goma. Sin clip y redondito. Ha perdido en diseño. Personalmente pienso que es una pasada de bolígrafo, tanto si tomas todo en apuntes como yo y necesitas digitalizarlos o se me ocurre gente que dinune con proyectos o cosas así que necesite digitalizar. Mi experiencia fenomenal.

Esse produto é excelente. Tenho usado há semanas e funciona de forma que nunca esperei. O design é lindo, a caneta é macia ao escrever, carrega super rapido e o caderno é Moleskine. Super recomendo!

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So easy to use

Asombrosa herramienta. La Mejor alternativa para quien lleva notas o diario, escritos a mano, con la gran ventaja de una digitalización automática, que replica tus escritos en tu dispositivo móvil , mediante la app que descargas de Moleskine sin costo. Gran producto!! Recomendable 100%!!