DISCONTINUED PRODUCT

Winner of the 1999 European IST Grand Prize

The handheld computer that will totally change the way
you collect, study and use information.

C Pen communicates with your PC via a built in infrared interface. When C Pen is close to your IR equipped PC, it is recognized as a standard drive. Save up to 3,000 pages of text in your C Pen. Reading speed is up to 100 characters per second.

NOTE: If you do not have an infrared port on your computer, you will need to purchase an infrared adapter

C Pen has an integrated suite of tools designed to increase your productivity. From a fully functioned OCR text scanner, to a contacts manager, language translation features, and even a range of security options, C Pen will provide you with the tools to get the job done.

Notes
A fully functional digital camera facilitates the reading of text at a rate of up to 100 characters per second. These images are translated into text via sophisticated OCR software before being processed and stored in the C Pen's sophisticated flash memory. C Pen has 8 Mb of flash memory which means that up to 3,000 pages of text can be stored direct in the C Pen.

C Address
C Address is a fully functional contacts manager that interfaces directly with Microsoft outlook. Contacts can be scanned direct into C Contact via a well designed interface. Up to 1,000 contacts can be stored in Microsoft Outlook. Contacts can be synchronized between the C Pen and Microsoft Outlook.

C Dictionary
C Dictionary is an additional software package that can be downloaded from C Technologies web site ( www.cpen.com ) Each software package contains a full sized two way Oxford or Norstendts dictionary text.

Download a dictionary

C Direct
C Direct allows direct scanning from written text to a Microsoft application. Simply Move the C Pen over the text you want to collect, Point the C Pen at the infrared adapter, and the scanned text will be placed directly at the cursor in any windows application

C Write
Us the C Pen in much the same way as an ordinary pen to "write" files direct into a computer text format. This function will ensure easy file lookup and fast entry of words to be translated.

C Message
C Message is an application, which make it possible to send a fax, e-mail and SMS messages from your C Pen via your IR equipped mobile phone. The text is created in the C Pen and then transferred to the mobile phone via the infrared transmitter in the C Pen. It is possible to put your company logo or any other picture of your choice in the sending form. Store contact names, e-mail messages and fax numbers in C Address, which is upon request directly transferred into the message sending form. C Message works with phones with infrared support and a built in fax-modem, e.g. Ericsson 888 & MC218 and Nokia 9XX0 communicators.

New C-Pen Manual for OS 2.12 [500kb]

C Message information [185kb] 

C-Pen

C-Pen 200

Size

150 x 38 x 23 mm

140 x 35 x 24 mm

Weight

100 g (including battery)

80 g (including battery)

Processor

100 MHz

100 MHz

RAM

1 Mb

512 kb

8 Mb

2 Mb

Battery

Rechargeable battery pack

2 x AAA

Battery capacity

2 weeks normal use

2 weeks normal use

Display

4 rows

2 rows

Reading speed

15 cm/s

Memory capacity

3000 pages
1000 addresses

100 pages
250 addresses

Character size limit

7 - 20 point

7 - 20 point

Software:
C Read, C Address
C Direct, C Write,
C Pen Edit, OCR

Yes

Yes

C Message Storage

Yes

Operating System

Password security

Upgradeable

Yes

Yes

Yes