Digimemo, Cyberpad or iLiad?

[Lin Chung]

This is for jotting down notes and writing letters.  I find typing the keyboard stifles and slows down my thinking process or the flow of thoughts.  Transferring a handwritten note to the PC and allow the PC to convert that into digital editable form is tedious and time consuming.  So, when I came across these devices, I was interested. 

Digimemo:  The market leader at the moment, I think.  Are the ink cartridges the regular inexpensive 2" polythene tubes available everywhere?  Its own cartridges are about £1 each.  It's rather costly in the long run if they cannot be substituted.  I can't think of any other downside of this device at this stage, except its cost, around £90.
http://tinyurl.com/37j94c

http://tinyurl.com/25eelu

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=48CH (A4 almost=L2)

Cyberpad:  Almost identical to the above.  Marginally cheaper.
http://tinyurl.com/yw2nvt

iLiad:  Primarily an eBook reader, and a very desirable one as a reading device, but it also has a writing functionality used as an aid to it's primary function.  More for annotation on the material (e.g. eBook) currently on screen, than as writing on a blank screen.  The graphics appear not as they are being 'written' but after a slight hesitation (of computation time), so this might still produce the same stifling effect as in typing, I imagine.  No ink used here.  Expensive at ~£450.

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/handhelds/0,39030064,49292099,00.htm

http://tinyurl.com/2e54ys

 

Anyone has experience in using these and can share his/her experience?  Maybe, students at lectures, or businessmen at conferences/business meetings use these devices?

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Lin Chung.
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