Comments on: OhGizmo! Review – LeapFrog FLY Fusion Pentop Computer http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/ Deliciously Geeky... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:25:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sacl http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-396310 sacl Tue, 19 May 2009 23:41:21 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-396310 Yes! Use Crossover to install the .EXE on your Mac. It'll convert the program to a .APP. Yes! Use Crossover to install the .EXE on your Mac. It'll convert the program to a .APP.

]]> By: Dana http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-395562 Dana Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:20:42 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-395562 My daughter received the Fly Fusion Pen for Christmas last year. We did not try to load it until April 2009. This product is a waste of money. We did not find out until we tried to load it on the computer that we need high speed internet. We have dial up and high speed internet is not offered in our area. This product is absolutely useless to us. I feel my mother wasted $100 on this product. There should be a notice on the box requiring high speed internet access for loading the software and operating the device. I am very disappointed in the Fly Fusion. We have purchased Leap Frog products in the past, however this Fly Fusion is a total waste of money. I am telling everyone I know not to waste their money on this product. It is too late to return my product and get a refund, but I can help others to spend their money much more wisely on much better products. My daughter received the Fly Fusion Pen for Christmas last year. We did not try to load it until April 2009. This product is a waste of money. We did not find out until we tried to load it on the computer that we need high speed internet. We have dial up and high speed internet is not offered in our area. This product is absolutely useless to us. I feel my mother wasted $100 on this product. There should be a notice on the box requiring high speed internet access for loading the software and operating the device. I am very disappointed in the Fly Fusion. We have purchased Leap Frog products in the past, however this Fly Fusion is a total waste of money. I am telling everyone I know not to waste their money on this product. It is too late to return my product and get a refund, but I can help others to spend their money much more wisely on much better products.

]]> By: Nana http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-395513 Nana Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:52:55 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-395513 I noticed that the pen and notebooks are on sale everywhere. Does this mean that they are discontinuing making the pen and the ink cartrages and notebooks etc.?<br>April 4, 2009 I noticed that the pen and notebooks are on sale everywhere. Does this mean that they are discontinuing making the pen and the ink cartrages and notebooks etc.?
April 4, 2009

]]> By: mike http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-395240 mike Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:32:57 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-395240 hi there i want to know if u can buy a bigger memory for it and if so where can i buy it ? hi there i want to know if u can buy a bigger memory for it and if so where can i buy it ?

]]> By: MIKE http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-393768 MIKE Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:37:55 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-393768 well if you are looking to get one, nows the time, at my local Zellers(equivalant to a Target) the pen/starter notepad is on sale for $20 canadian. to me thats not to bad for somthing that will digitize notes for me, and to behonest ive spent more on school supplies before. As to helping your daughter with writing and sentence structure the basic package probably won't do to much, the writing software addon(you can get this with the coupon in the box for free) may have some tools to help, but by the looks of that its more for essay outlining , spell checking and using a thesaurus. <br>As for struggling with writing, its a pretty normal thing the best advice would be to encourage her to write alot and get someone to review it, and keep in mind features like grammer check and spell check are useless tools unless you proof read the final result. <br><br>Some things that have helped me in the past with writing (my thesis prof passed a few on to me) include reading the whole paper again starting with the last sentence ,and reading the paper out loud. (this help the mind from filling in gaps in the sentence structure that you may miss while proofreading). it may sounds silly reading outloud but hearing the sentence sometimes helps you find mistakes. If your having trouble with reading out loud or you still add in missing words while reading you can use a text to speech program like microsoft sam or the one built in to adobe's pdf reader when the sentence is wrong these things sound really bad.<br><br>well i know its a month late but i hope some of this helps, tell her not to worry to much about it but still try her best at it (trust me half my gradeschool / highschool teachers wouldn't have belived i would have gotten an advanced degree with my writing in thier classes but i found somthing i loved and kept at it and the writing came with it ) well if you are looking to get one, nows the time, at my local Zellers(equivalant to a Target) the pen/starter notepad is on sale for $20 canadian. to me thats not to bad for somthing that will digitize notes for me, and to behonest ive spent more on school supplies before. As to helping your daughter with writing and sentence structure the basic package probably won't do to much, the writing software addon(you can get this with the coupon in the box for free) may have some tools to help, but by the looks of that its more for essay outlining , spell checking and using a thesaurus.
As for struggling with writing, its a pretty normal thing the best advice would be to encourage her to write alot and get someone to review it, and keep in mind features like grammer check and spell check are useless tools unless you proof read the final result.

Some things that have helped me in the past with writing (my thesis prof passed a few on to me) include reading the whole paper again starting with the last sentence ,and reading the paper out loud. (this help the mind from filling in gaps in the sentence structure that you may miss while proofreading). it may sounds silly reading outloud but hearing the sentence sometimes helps you find mistakes. If your having trouble with reading out loud or you still add in missing words while reading you can use a text to speech program like microsoft sam or the one built in to adobe's pdf reader when the sentence is wrong these things sound really bad.

well i know its a month late but i hope some of this helps, tell her not to worry to much about it but still try her best at it (trust me half my gradeschool / highschool teachers wouldn't have belived i would have gotten an advanced degree with my writing in thier classes but i found somthing i loved and kept at it and the writing came with it )

]]> By: MIKE http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-393761 MIKE Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:37:55 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-393761 well if you are looking to get one, nows the time, at my local Zellers(equivalant to a Target) the pen/starter notepad is on sale for $20 canadian. to me thats not to bad for somthing that will digitize notes for me, and to behonest ive spent more on school supplies before. As to helping your daughter with writing and sentence structure the basic package probably won't do to much, the writing software addon(you can get this with the coupon in the box for free) may have some tools to help, but by the looks of that its more for essay outlining , spell checking and using a thesaurus. <br>As for struggling with writing, its a pretty normal thing the best advice would be to encourage her to write alot and get someone to review it, and keep in mind features like grammer check and spell check are useless tools unless you proof read the final result. <br><br>Some things that have helped me in the past with writing (my thesis prof passed a few on to me) include reading the whole paper again starting with the last sentence ,and reading the paper out loud. (this help the mind from filling in gaps in the sentence structure that you may miss while proofreading). it may sounds silly reading outloud but hearing the sentence sometimes helps you find mistakes. If your having trouble with reading out loud or you still add in missing words while reading you can use a text to speech program like microsoft sam or the one built in to adobe's pdf reader when the sentence is wrong these things sound really bad.<br><br>well i know its a month late but i hope some of this helps, tell her not to worry to much about it but still try her best at it (trust me half my gradeschool / highschool teachers wouldn't have belived i would have gotten an advanced degree with my writing in thier classes but i found somthing i loved and kept at it and the writing came with it ) well if you are looking to get one, nows the time, at my local Zellers(equivalant to a Target) the pen/starter notepad is on sale for $20 canadian. to me thats not to bad for somthing that will digitize notes for me, and to behonest ive spent more on school supplies before. As to helping your daughter with writing and sentence structure the basic package probably won't do to much, the writing software addon(you can get this with the coupon in the box for free) may have some tools to help, but by the looks of that its more for essay outlining , spell checking and using a thesaurus.
As for struggling with writing, its a pretty normal thing the best advice would be to encourage her to write alot and get someone to review it, and keep in mind features like grammer check and spell check are useless tools unless you proof read the final result.

Some things that have helped me in the past with writing (my thesis prof passed a few on to me) include reading the whole paper again starting with the last sentence ,and reading the paper out loud. (this help the mind from filling in gaps in the sentence structure that you may miss while proofreading). it may sounds silly reading outloud but hearing the sentence sometimes helps you find mistakes. If your having trouble with reading out loud or you still add in missing words while reading you can use a text to speech program like microsoft sam or the one built in to adobe's pdf reader when the sentence is wrong these things sound really bad.

well i know its a month late but i hope some of this helps, tell her not to worry to much about it but still try her best at it (trust me half my gradeschool / highschool teachers wouldn't have belived i would have gotten an advanced degree with my writing in thier classes but i found somthing i loved and kept at it and the writing came with it )

]]> By: Grace http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-393119 Grace Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:34:26 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-393119 I purchased a pen from target, the black one, and for the first day it worked perfectly. The next day it started having problems. The LED light, which is supposed to be solid green when you're not recording, would start blinking at the wrong time. I would tap record off on the note book and it would be fine, but if I turn it of and on again it will begin blinking once again. This caused trouble when connecting it to the computer, because it would not recognize the pen when the recordinng was on. So I figured I had got a messed up one, so I exchanged it with no problems (thank you target!). The new pen started having the blinking light problem right away! Am I missing something? I'm getting ready to see if they will accept my return again... I purchased a pen from target, the black one, and for the first day it worked perfectly. The next day it started having problems. The LED light, which is supposed to be solid green when you're not recording, would start blinking at the wrong time. I would tap record off on the note book and it would be fine, but if I turn it of and on again it will begin blinking once again. This caused trouble when connecting it to the computer, because it would not recognize the pen when the recordinng was on. So I figured I had got a messed up one, so I exchanged it with no problems (thank you target!). The new pen started having the blinking light problem right away! Am I missing something? I'm getting ready to see if they will accept my return again…

]]> By: Grace http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-393115 Grace Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:34:26 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-393115 I purchased a pen from target, the black one, and for the first day it worked perfectly. The next day it started having problems. The LED light, which is supposed to be solid green when you're not recording, would start blinking at the wrong time. I would tap record off on the note book and it would be fine, but if I turn it of and on again it will begin blinking once again. This caused trouble when connecting it to the computer, because it would not recognize the pen when the recordinng was on. So I figured I had got a messed up one, so I exchanged it with no problems (thank you target!). The new pen started having the blinking light problem right away! Am I missing something? I'm getting ready to see if they will accept my return again... I purchased a pen from target, the black one, and for the first day it worked perfectly. The next day it started having problems. The LED light, which is supposed to be solid green when you're not recording, would start blinking at the wrong time. I would tap record off on the note book and it would be fine, but if I turn it of and on again it will begin blinking once again. This caused trouble when connecting it to the computer, because it would not recognize the pen when the recordinng was on. So I figured I had got a messed up one, so I exchanged it with no problems (thank you target!). The new pen started having the blinking light problem right away! Am I missing something? I'm getting ready to see if they will accept my return again…

]]> By: Karen http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-392030 Karen Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:56:32 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-392030 I'd like to get this for my daughter. She is 12 and struggles with writing. How does this help her with her writing/sentence structure? I can see how it can help with math and spelling, but don't get it how it could help with writing......THANKS! I'd like to get this for my daughter. She is 12 and struggles with writing. How does this help her with her writing/sentence structure? I can see how it can help with math and spelling, but don't get it how it could help with writing……THANKS!

]]> By: Karen http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/comment-page-6/#comment-390467 Karen Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:56:32 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/03/ohgizmo-review-leapfrog-fly-fusion-pentop-computer/#comment-390467 I'd like to get this for my daughter. She is 12 and struggles with writing. How does this help her with her writing/sentence structure? I can see how it can help with math and spelling, but don't get it how it could help with writing......THANKS! I'd like to get this for my daughter. She is 12 and struggles with writing. How does this help her with her writing/sentence structure? I can see how it can help with math and spelling, but don't get it how it could help with writing……THANKS!

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