Logitech’s new IO pen captures your handwriting but doesn’t include handwriting recognition software. It stores what you write with the pen in an image format that you can then attach to documents or just keep around for reference. Although I type faster than I can write and have almost mastered Palm’s Graffiti (after several years of sporadic training), I still like to scribble out notes in many cases instead of using electronic text. It allows me to be expressive and use more graphical information (arrows, many underlines for emphasis), plus the doodling helps me think. I’m not sure I need it in electronic format, but if I could somehow search all those scribbles later for things I jotted down, that could be worth the switch from paper. (via evhead)