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SolidTek DigiMemo 692 Digital Notepad with Memory | 
 enlarge | Brand: SolidTek
Category: CE
List Price: $108.99
Buy New: $78.99
You Save: $30.00 (28%)
New (12) Used (1) from $78.99
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 6441
Media: Personal Computers
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 692
Model: 692
UPC: 712504760006
EAN: 0712504760006
ASIN: B0009OD4CS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Versatile digital note tablet for storing handwritten notes electronically | | • | Easily view, edit, organize, and share handwritten notes in Windows | | • | Instantly and digitally records notes, ideas, sketches, drawings, and flowcharts without scanning | | • | Manages up to 999 digital pages on 35 MB storage device | | • | Notepad weighs only 1.24 pounds |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The DigiMemo 692 is a stand-alone device with storage capability that digitally captures and stores everything you write or draw with ink on ordinary paper, without the use of computer and special paper. Then you can easily view, edit, organize and share your handwritten notes in Windows.
Amazon.com Product Description
The DigiMemo 692 is a digital notepad with storage capability to digitally capture and store everything you write or draw with ink on ordinary paper, without the use of a computer or special paper. You can easily view, edit, and organize your notes on a PC and then share your handwritten notes over email. Simply place any ordinary paper or notepad on the digital pad. When you write on the paper with the digital inking pen, the digital pad digitally records your writing on its 32 MB built-in storage device or in an optional CF card in real time. The notepad can store up to 999 handwritten pages in its internal memory. Each page you create is stored as one digital page. With the included DigiMemo Manager software, you can easily view, edit, and organize your digital pages later on a PC. Files can be saved as BMP, JPG, GIF, or PNG files, and then easily copied or moved to other program files such as an Outlook email message, or even a Word or Excel file. Weighing only 1.24 pounds, the notepad runs on four AAA batteries for a battery life of up to 100 hours. The battery of the digital inking pen can last up to 14 months. What's in the Box
Portable digital pad, digital inking pen (DigiPen P100), paper clip, notepad, two replacement ink cartridges, USB cable, four AAA batteries, one button cell battery, user's guide, and DigiMemo Manager software CD.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Digital pad October 2, 2008
Bruce Blair (Virginia Beach, VA United States)
The digital pad works very well. There are 2 problems: Unable to find 6" x 9" pads in office supply stores; no provision to use a 6" x 9" notebook vice a pad.
 Does a great job, with limitations July 5, 2008
Chad Edge (Seattle, Wa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3HMX3PHHDK8LT The 692 has become one of my best friends - great for taking meeting notes and sharing them later. Also, I draw mockups for projects using a grid system, then use the digital copy in my rough project guides, converting them using OmniGraffle later. The 692 doesn't have Mac or Linux software, but my video review talks about that. Also, the 692 cannot operate as a live tablet when plugged-in.
Does what it says, mostly May 25, 2008
Trey (Colorado)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this to take notes at a month long scholarly conference, and to take notes on my reading before hand.
Positives:
--It records my handwriting and doodles just fine.
--The right size pads are available at every Office Depot
--Refills for the ink are easily available (Cross pen refills).
--battery sizes are pretty standard, too.
--It is a cinch to open up single pages straight from the hard drive by clicking on them, and you can open an entire set of pages with the software and export them as one single PDF file.
--Any program that will import a pdf or tif can use the exported pages, including OneNote. I have quite good results importing images into Word and annotating there, too.
--The pen does not feel cheaply lightweight (as do the styli for notebook computers), nor is it excessively large or clunky. It does not feel like a quality writing instrument, of course, but it's quite comfortable to use.
Negatives:
--the page images record lines, which are annoying -- they do not correspond to the lines on the pad, and my writing is invariably askew on the image even if it is perfectly straight on the page.
--The OCR software is about 85% accurate with my scribble even after "training", and considerable editing effort would be required to make a printout presentable. Since the OCR software costs as much as the device itself, I will not be upgrading after the trial.
--After decades of keyboarding, I actually CAN'T write well with good pressure and clarity with a ball point cartridge without causing writers cramps. Until they invent a roller ball model, I guess my hand muscles just have to be in training.
--From the promotional website, it seemed that the software would help you organize your notes. It does not -- it just lets you highlight or annotate the notes and save them as "ebooks" or image files. Exporting to OneNote is a better way to go
--The pen will almost certainly get lost -- the place to attach it to the device is less than secure -- and new ones are pricey at $26.00
Summary: When used in conjunction with Acrobat and OneNote, this seems to be a valuable addition to my box of tools and it is far from the most expensive peripheral I have.
One more thing: I debated whether to get the 692 or the larger pad. Although the paper size is smallish, the 692 total dimensions resemble those of a standard notepad and I really think anything larger would be awkward. You can fill the entire 692 pad, quite literally from edge to edge, and this gives quite a bit of writing surface.
Great Product August 8, 2007
T. Dykstra
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was an owner of one of the original CrossPads years back (1998), and I can tell you that the crosspads were built better, but since they were dicontinued 6 years ago... there is no going back.
I think that the pad works excellent. I've tried a steno pad in it (with all the reviewers complaining about finding replacement paper) and a steno pad works just fine. I've also found regulare replacement pads as well.
The software is a little bit primitive, and if your are looking for help from the software to organize your notes, you are out of luck - but I've seen suggestions to use OneNote or Evernote and both work just fine for note organizing depending on your preferences.
All in all, it works good. I love being able to walk into a customer meeting with just the pad (no laptop) and know that I'll be able to have everthing in electronic format and be able to distribute minutes without retyping them. The one warning I have for anyone is that once you get a CF card in it is difficult to get out (if you are not paying attention and put it in the wrong way...oops...such an action also causes the perpatual --- on the LCD display). There are other minor nuances of the physical design that I don't find perfect, but I still think it's a great product and functions as advertised.
 Worst Software Concept Ever! January 24, 2007
John J. Malone (omaha, ne United States)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Most of the reviews here simply don't give you the correct concept of this thing, and i have read them all.
As a piece of hardware, it's fine. The note paper is 6" x 9." I haven't tried to find that yet, so i can't speak to the complainers, but I think i should be able to find it, and if i can't, i will go to kinkos or somewhere and have them cut me a pile of pads.
that being said, i will probably NEVER need another pad because the software with this bad boy is so horrible, it's nearly indescribable.
What were they thinking? I know: they were thinking this: "We Taiwanese guys know how this stuff should REALLY work. We don't care how EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD WORKS, we have BETTER IDEAS."
And so, let me tell you, that you absolutely CANNOT upload files from your tablet in any comprehensible way. Each page is a file, but that DOES NOT MEAN you can simply upload them and work with them.
A camera, a memory stick: these just plug into your usb port or hub, and WORK. This gizmo DOESN'T. It plugs in, gets detected, but looks like an EMPTY CD/DVD DRIVE. You click on the device, and it ASKS YOU TO LOAD A DISK.
When you try to use the outlandish software provided - even after downloading the latest and greatest - the "import function" WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT FIND YOUR STUFF.
In short, this software is so bad that it makes the device pretty much useless. Run away from this thing which looks inviting but wastes so much of your time that you will go way out of your way to warn others, and write about it on Amazon.com.
Why two stars? I'm holding out 1 star for the next version.
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