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The Online Guitar Store - FLYâ„¢ Pentop Computer
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List Price: $99.99
Our Price: $59.99
Your Save: $ 40.00 ( 40% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: LeapFrog
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Amazon Maximum Age: 14
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 14
Amazon Minimum Age: 96
Binding: Toy
Brand: LeapFrog
EAN: 0708431377004
Feature: The FLY 1.0 Pentop Computer only works with FLY 1.0 software and accessories, and is not compatible with FLY Fusion products.
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: LeapFrog
Manufacturer: LeapFrog
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 96
Model: 37700
Publisher: LeapFrog
Studio: LeapFrog
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Features
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The FLY 1.0 Pentop Computer only works with FLY 1.0 software and accessories, and is not compatible with FLY Fusion products.
An electronic pen with built-in computer and audio output designed for tweens
Draw or write on special FLYpaper and the optical scanner reads and responds
Use for scheduling, calculator, making and recording music, and games
Additional cartridges for learning and fun are available, sold separately
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Editorial Reviews:
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The FLY Pentop Computer brings computer power to your notebook! The FLY is an optical scanner that sees everything you scan and write on special dot-matrix FLY paper. The built-in processor manages your schedule, helps you solve math problems and even has voice abilities. Schedule anything and FLY pentop computer will remind you. You can draw drums and keyboards and record your own tunes. You can even load up games and adventures that you can enjoy with your friends -- anywhere, anytime!
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not as good as I had hoped
Comment: I got this for my 11 yo for Christmas this year (2007), She played with it, used it, However, She did have a hardtime figuring out things on it and how to set it up. The Pen doesn't last long on a charge , So a charger is a MUST with the pen. She wasn't as excited about this as I had hoped.
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Summary: Great device but buggy software and horrible support
Comment: I gave this to my 12-year old daughter for Christmas. Is seems to be a very cool device, if you can get the software to run. I was unable to get its software to run on my PC, under Windows XP home. A quick internet search showed that many others have had similar problems. In my efforts to resolve this issue, I ran up against the worst customer service I have ever experienced from the company of an expensive hardware product I have purchased. Leapfrog does not answer its own email forms it claims it will answer within 24 hours. The customer service agents who answer the phone barely speak English and have no technical knowledge whatsoever. They asked me to send some files from my computer to help diagnose my issue. I sent the files immediately and never heard another word in reply. Apparently they maintain no records of individual cases, with the result that each time I call I have to explain my problem all over again from the beginning. Last time I called I was told my case was being "escalated," and that I would receive a phone call within the next two days. When I laughed at that, the customer service agent just laughed along with me. Guess what? It's been several weeks and I'm still anxiously awaiting that call. I have had to use a PC at work on which the software actually runs to download files from the pen. Hardware if finally only as good as the software on which it runs.
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Summary: Fly pen used for work!
Comment: I got this pen at a disount store with the promise that it would be able to take handwriting and digitize it to Microsoft word. It totally did that for me. So originally I was going to get this for my son, but I have now absconded with it and it has become a great tool for me to use. If your child has GREAT handwriting or is college bound with a need to take notes on the fly this thing is awesome. If your child doesn't print well, or is not acadamia bound, maybe you want to invest in something different. Overall I loved the first incarnation of the fly pen (which my kids still use!) and I really like the features on this pen too. It is not as user friendly as the first one, but for those of us that had to learn palm stylus language and use multiple commands on an old TI-86 scientific calculator, this thing is a breeze. I was really shocked how many bad reviews there were on this.
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Summary: Poor Software, Terrible Tech Support
Comment: We've had nothing but trouble trying to get the pen to connect to a PC. We've tried 4 different PC's and out of them all, only one would connect properly. Unfortunately, that one is not available on a regular basis, so at this point best features of the Fly Pen are inaccessible.
We've tried contacting support both via Phone and E-mail and had no success.
Having said all that, if the LeapFrog people can iron out the technical problems, this is a great toy. My son currently has a love-hate relationship with it. He loved it when he had access to the one computer that it worked with, and he also loves the stand alone functionality, but it's been extremely frustrating to have so many problems and such poor support.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Terrible tech support
Comment: This turned out to be a very expensive ball point pen for us. We could not get it to work due to software problems (we think). Technical support was just dreadful. Please do not buy this pen if you think you would ever need any kind of technical support.
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