Would not recommend if your primary usage will be note taking
590555
I'm a Med student and I got this stylus (along with others) to take annotate PDFs using the Notibility app on an iPad Air. This stylus skips around, doesn't pick up letters, and sometimes makes an odd line through the text I had just written. Would not recommend if your primary usage will be note taking.
1413994
This device is great if you are just using it to scan documents to files and not actually using it as a printer at all. And it would probably be OK if you do mostly color printing: the ink isn't really all that expensive if you are comparing it to replacing color cartridges on other machines.

However, I made the big mistake of buying this when I print a number of documents each day, and over 99% of my printing is b&w. Having to continually replace color cartridges in order to use the black ink is clearly a device to get the purchaser to spend money on something that is literally being thrown away.  According to the documentation, the rationale for using color ink when not printing in color is that it keeps the print heads clean. I am dubious. My first assumption, when using this printer, was that it must be creating "black" by mixing all the colors together; the cartridges were emptying so fast. And I thought I was being clever by finding and clicking on the "Print Black Only" option. But it made no difference.

My plan is to continue using this "printer" as a scanner and for my kids to occasionally print school projects in color. When I buy my next set of ink cartridges (probably tomorrow), I'll be also picking up an HP deskjet of some kind, because I know they make printers that have no problem printing in B&W with an empty color cartridge.
2626870
I have struggled with the LiveScribe 3 pen for a couple years now, and I have decided to give it up and put it in the "don't ever use this junk again" drawer of my desk.  While it might work well for porting notes to Evernote, you need to remember that either in its native app or in Evernote, you MUST save your handwritten notes as PDF files, which severely limits your ability to annotate.  You can add arrows and text comments, which is why I don't give this failed device only one star.  You cannot easily (or at all) cut and paste or move items.  For any student, these features are essential.

I do like to keep a copy of my notes on my laptop and desktop.  Solution?--don't buy the expensive notebooks.  Take notes in any format you wish and scan them with you MFP; then store them to Evernote.  That save you the money you might spend on this lousy ink excuse for a plain ballpoint pen!
4490247
Impractical for storing notes, I think this is a false claim by the company. Quality of the casing is average as well, phone doesn't feel like it's secure. There are better case options.
2850550
I bought this thinking it would be convenient to read books next to my computer while I type etc... I found it too difficult to turn pages without the book falling out of the holder - yes, I used the special page turning groves. It was too much hassle to function as a book holder if you actually want to read. Might be ok if you don't turn pages (cookbooks), but is not worth the hassle if you are a page turner. In theory, I would think it would be ok for an ebook or tablet. For this reason, I'll give it 2 stars instead of one.
3108072
Really, what you're mostly paying for is the 3 months of premium Evernote. The product itself is fine, but the programmable stickers don't really work and the results of the page snapshots aren't that great. Just use the free app with any old notebook - it should work. It's cool when it works to the extent that it does, but not necessarily worth the money. This is literally the most I've ever spent on a notebook. I've bought hardcover sketch folios for slightly less (and those are of a larger size). I heard about this on Popular Science and I really had high hopes for this one.
1096597
If your primary metric is 'cheap', then these are the notes for you.  But 'cheap' comes at a cost.

The biggest complaint is that the notes that I received were not completely flat.  They tend to roll up near the adhesive end, which makes writing on them difficult and annoying.

They also aren't quite as sticky as 3M post-it notes, but that wasn't a big deal for me.
2998609
The good:
++++++++
1. Very good, accurate text recording.
2. Good recognition when searching in evernote
3. Easy to sync over the computer with the windows app (can't speak to mac, sorry)

The bad:
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1. Very uncomfortable.
After 1-2 hours of writing, my index finger and the thumb start to hurt. Bad. This is due to the non-ergonomic design of the pen. And don't be fooled by anyone telling you otherwise: either they haven't used the pen for extensive periods of time (longer than 2 hours, every day), or they just got it and are eager to post a "review".
I think the size of the pen (how fat it is) is one of the reasons for uncomfort (try writing with an equivalent of  dry-erase marker for few hours!). Even though I have smaller hands, I don't think this can be used as an excuse - after all, all the ball-point pens fit me just fine.
This alone looses it 4 stars. If you can't use a smartPEN for writing, what is it good for?

2. The notebooks.
While the paper is great, the notebook selection is lacking. For example, if you want a non-spiral bound large notebook you are out of luck. Want one without a plastic cover? Out of luck (this means you cannot write a title on the front cover, so you end up having 10 black notebooks that look identical). Granted this is not a big deal in the end, but still.

3. Organization (in Evernote)
The page ordering is not numerical (but alphabetical). This means that when you view your notes you will see page 46 before page 4, and so on. This is really frustrating when looking through your digital notes as you have hard time finding "Page 1" (which is where I write my table of contents for the notebook).
Since the only way you can view your notes is via evernote, I have to put this under the Livescribe minuses because ultimately they should be working with Evernote team to improve this.
2327878
I bought this hopeful that it would answer all of my fine tipped stylus prayers. I was wrong. There is a clear disc that you place on the screen of your device. I was hopeful that it would come off, but it doesn't and it's kind of annoying when dust gets under it and you can hear it scraping while writing in a meeting.  It also breaks extremely easy. You also have to unscrew the pen in the middle and then rescrew it together to make it an appropriate size. When recapping in a hurry, it is easy to break the clear disc tip off. The stylus still skips letters when you are writing fast and it doesn't make things much more legible. It is not like writing with a pen. I suggest saving the money and buying an external keyboard for your device.
1346313
After researching for weeks and thinking that the negative reviews were one off's i decided to pull the trigger and buy this. After receiving, setting up and synching with Penultimate note app my experience only lasted an hour at the most with this product. As it states in a lot of the reviews the writing experience is not good and i could barely write an eligible sentence. The pen kept disconnecting and the power kept shutting off which depends on how you hold a pen in the first place. I really wanted this to work so i could use it on my iPad for notes. But unfortunately after 1 hour of use and trying everything i am returning the product for a full refund.
3999080
Let me just say that there are some great features to this computer. I love the portability, design, and excellent battery life.
Unfortunately, this device is just not made for college students period. You will see that if your school uses blackboard, some of the ppt formats that some teachers use will not work with google docs! You can download the sliderocket app but its incredibly slow to load each ppt. Maybe one day they will fix this issue but as of now many students have had this issue since last year with no resolve. I wish this device had some way to upgrade ram and the drive like the acer model but thats a completely different issue.
1917399
Returned it and bought the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 instead.  Writing on the iPad is just too painful as it's almost impossible to avoid touching the screen with your hand which always leaves marks.
4004096
I don't know if this is a design limitation because there are microchip within the paper but it's extremely flimsy paper. The bottom paper has already torn as I've look through my notes because Evernote doesn't work. I would think the paper would've been thicker, durable and at least regular notebook size. You actually lose 1/4 of regular notebook size with these, which makes note-taking somewhere between awkward and difficult. I won't hold it against Livescribe if it's the microchips in the paper, nothing they can do about that.
911151
The "Note" feature is the weakest part of this phone. The stylus is designed so you can't rest your hand on the screen while you're writing or drawing, and the click button on the side of the stylus gets in the way and activates at the worst possible times.

Also, the Note categories aren't really very well-defined - what the difference is between an Action memo, screen write, S-note is I have never been able to figure out and there's no help menu that I can find.

Everything else is pretty standard. The interface has always been kind of baffling to me. Some apps appear on the home screens, but others are hidden behind an "Apps" button. Some appear both places, others not. Not sure why.
807867
Save your money, buy a $.99 notebook, take notes for about an hour on YouTube, and you'll probably be better off.  Wasn't horrible, but when I realized how quick I had gone through it, I was a little disappointed.  I second the notion for using google.
4141357
While I enjoy it because its a handy little notebook to be able to carry around, the pages bleed through with pen rendering half the notebook useless if you're a pen user like me.
620124
I bought this for use during law school and it was totally incapable of holding up any of my textbooks or summaries. It currently sits on my desk at my office struggling to hold up a clipboard. I should just put it out of its misery and toss it, but I intend to get some use out of it since I bought it. Wouldn't recommend this for any serious student.