Comments on: OhGizmo! Review – EPOS Digital Pen & USB Flash Drive

By: Mohammad Atif Alam

Mohammad Atif Alam — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:47:52 +0000

Hi Andrew,

Thanks a lot for a very comprehensive review. Indeed I found it very useful before I would buy the stuff.

I was thinking of using this device for a rather different purpose. We have to do a lot of Image analysis, that requires most of the time tracing some lines and shapes on image files (.tiff format etc) or on photoshop (.psd format). We would then like to leave these lines/shapes on the image itself. Putting it simply, we want to use 'Digital Pen' as a high precision tracing device/mouse and use the stanard darwing tools. Can this be done using EPOS Digital Pen or any other pointing device?

Thanks again for your brilliant effort.

Sincerely,
Atif

By: Mohammad Atif Alam

Mohammad Atif Alam — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:47:52 +0000

By: reader

reader — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:03:04 +0000

One of the most thorough, easy to read reviews I've seen online. Thanks.

By: reader

reader — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:03:04 +0000

One of the most thorough, easy to read reviews I've seen online. Thanks.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:56:58 +0000

Nice review, but you didn't write a full page of A4, just the top two thirds (with extra large top margin). I have just purchased the zpen and found that the bottom third of the page the text it picks up is almost unreadable it's so wobbly (to coin someone else's phrase, it looks like a spider with Parkinson's). You can see that on your shape drawings. Whilst the lines at the top of the page are fine, the bottom of the page is dreadful. In the case of handwriting there is no way that the recognition software would ever manage to interpret it

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:56:58 +0000

By: Pasho

Pasho — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:18:23 +0000

Great review Andrew!

One question: I`m an aspiring cartoonist and would need to 'see' the tip of the pen as I`m drawing. Can the clear/transparent housing at the tip of the barrel be 'trimmed' off a bit and/or can an ink refill with a 'longer tip' be used instead in order to see the tip more clearly while writing/drawing? Thx!

Cheers!

Pasho

By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:30:08 +0000

If possible I'd like to know how to buy the epos product on internet, 'cos I don't managed to find market information on the official site (I'm from Italy and here the epos is not already arrived)
thanks

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:22:52 +0000

Thanks for the great review . Does anyone know where you can buy one? Can't find it anywhere.

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:04:33 +0000

Well done, Andrew. Yours is the most comprehensive review of this product on the web that I’ve found and it’s full of practical considerations. Given the price this device is worth a go, despite the inconvenience of less than perfect handwriting. Thank you, Andrew, for giving this item the once over so thoroughly.
Now if only there was a more Mac friendly version…
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