Livescribe Pulse Pro Charging Cradle

This is a nice accessory to have for the LiveScribe Pulse Pen. It's much more desk friendly than the USB dock that comes with the pen. It's very stable and the pen docks easily. All you have to do is drop the pen into the dock (assuming it is facing the right direction) and it docks, transfers your data, and starts charging. It has a sleek, attractive design. The bottom is covered with a "grippy" rubber surface to keep it from sliding around. Unlike the standard dock there is no ink cartridge removal tool. It would also be nice if it had a place to store an extra ink cartridge or two, but does not.

It comes with the dock, standard USB cable, plus an AC adaptor so you can charge your pen if your PC is turned off, or if you are not near a PC. Using the AC adaptor is optional though. The pen will charge, if the PC is on, via the USB connection.

I do think this is a little pricey given what you get. Unfortunately there are no third party docks/chargers at the present time so you are forced to buy the LiveScribe ones. They price this knowing this is your only option.

Despite the price, and a few gripes, overall I'm please with the product, glad I bought it, and can recommend it.

I wish they had put the USB connection on the other side, or gave the option to wrap it around. I feel like its backwards to the way you would have a pen sit in a holder (i.e. the pen should tilt towards you with the cable going out the back it is the opposite)

UPDATE: i'll amend my above review to 4 stars and say that after using it for a while, it actually does make sense the way they designed it. It is also nicely weighted (could be even heavier IMO), so it is pretty much a one-handed operation. I now keep this one on my desk, and take the one that came with the pen with me in my bag when I travel for recharge & sync.

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My friend got this product when her old charging cradle stopped working. Overall, it does what it's suppose to do, but doesn't seem like a necessary upgrade unless your regular charger broke of something.

Pros:

Heavy, sturdy construction

Comes with the wall charger, which is pretty much the only true upgrade. However, I can't think of too many scenarios where I need to charge my pen, but is no where near an usb

With the original charger, it's kind of easy to accidentally tip the pen over (this doesn't happen often though). This charger is very hard to tip over, but that's really the only other "upgrade" I can think of

It's sleek and cool looking and displays the pen nicely (if you like showing off your Smart Pen)

Cons:

It's not very portable because of weight (much easier to carry original one around)

The fact that it's heavy and not worth carrying around kind of defeats the purpose of a wall charger

Probably easier to get a wall-to-usb converter and carry the original charger around

It is expensive. The few upgrades don't really justify the price tag

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Bought this as it has a smaller footprint than the cradle that came with the pen.

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Does what it says on the tin and takes up less space on my crowded desk than the standard model Livescribe supply with the pen

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