Pentel to unveil a Bluetooth-capable digital pen, the airpenPocket

Japanese stationery giant Pentel Co Ltd is going to roll out an ‘airpenPocket’ digital pen on Feb. 12, 2011. The Bluetooth-capable digital pen is meant to facilitate entry of text data to the PC. Pentel airpenPocket will transmit any text being written on papers instantly to a PC via Bluetooth. A digital pen and a Bluetooth capable memory unit are two major components of the airpenPocket, whatever data is drawn using the pen on paper, text or an image, the memory unit records and stores the same. The stored items can be transmitted to a computer in a few seconds.

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Wireless capability of airpenPocket will indeed increase the potential of the device. The device’s predecessor worked on a USB cable for data transmission to PC, since the airpenPocket is enjoying Bluetooth capability, it can transmit stored data to mobile devices too. In time of smartphone and tablet revolution, this facility will boost the significance of the digital pens. Pentel airpenPocket will be a massive help for content developers and graphic designers, this can simplify their tasks a lot. Instead of hectic tasks of data entry using keyboard and mouse, they can simply work on an A4 paper and transmit the data to PC.

AirpenPocket’s memory has a capacity of 2MB and its battery last about 90 hours on a single charge. The device sports SPP (serial port profile) Bluetooth protocol, which has a data transmission radius of 10m.