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Re: OhGizmo! Review – LeapFrog FLY Fusion Pentop Computer

sacl — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:41:21 -0000

Yes! Use Crossover to install the .EXE on your Mac. It'll convert the program to a .APP.

Re: OhGizmo! Review – LeapFrog FLY Fusion Pentop Computer

Dana — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:20:42 -0000

My daughter received the Fly Fusion Pen for Christmas last year. We did not try to load it until April 2009. This product is a waste of money. We did not find out until we tried to load it on the computer that we need high speed internet. We have dial up and high speed internet is not offered in our area. This product is absolutely useless to us. I feel my mother wasted $100 on this product. There should be a notice on the box requiring high speed internet access for loading the software and operating the device. I am very disappointed in the Fly Fusion. We have purchased Leap Frog products in the past, however this Fly Fusion is a total waste of money. I am telling everyone I know not to waste their money on this product. It is too late to return my product and get a refund, but I can help others to spend their money much more wisely on much better products.

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Nana — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:52:55 -0000

I noticed that the pen and notebooks are on sale everywhere. Does this mean that they are discontinuing making the pen and the ink cartrages and notebooks etc.?
April 4, 2009

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mike — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:32:57 -0000

hi there i want to know if u can buy a bigger memory for it and if so where can i buy it ?

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MIKE — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:37:55 -0000

well if you are looking to get one, nows the time, at my local Zellers(equivalant to a Target) the pen/starter notepad is on sale for $20 canadian. to me thats not to bad for somthing that will digitize notes for me, and to behonest ive spent more on school supplies before. As to helping your daughter with writing and sentence structure the basic package probably won't do to much, the writing software addon(you can get this with the coupon in the box for free) may have some tools to help, but by the looks of that its more for essay outlining , spell checking and using a thesaurus.
As for struggling with writing, its a pretty normal thing the best advice would be to encourage her to write alot and get someone to review it, and keep in mind features like grammer check and spell check are useless tools unless you proof read the final result.

Some things that have helped me in the past with writing (my thesis prof passed a few on to me) include reading the whole paper again starting with the last sentence ,and reading the paper out loud. (this help the mind from filling in gaps in the sentence structure that you may miss while proofreading). it may sounds silly reading outloud but hearing the sentence sometimes helps you find mistakes. If your having trouble with reading out loud or you still add in missing words while reading you can use a text to speech program like microsoft sam or the one built in to adobe's pdf reader when the sentence is wrong these things sound really bad.

well i know its a month late but i hope some of this helps, tell her not to worry to much about it but still try her best at it (trust me half my gradeschool / highschool teachers wouldn't have belived i would have gotten an advanced degree with my writing in thier classes but i found somthing i loved and kept at it and the writing came with it )

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Grace — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:34:26 -0000

I purchased a pen from target, the black one, and for the first day it worked perfectly. The next day it started having problems. The LED light, which is supposed to be solid green when you're not recording, would start blinking at the wrong time. I would tap record off on the note book and it would be fine, but if I turn it of and on again it will begin blinking once again. This caused trouble when connecting it to the computer, because it would not recognize the pen when the recordinng was on. So I figured I had got a messed up one, so I exchanged it with no problems (thank you target!). The new pen started having the blinking light problem right away! Am I missing something? I'm getting ready to see if they will accept my return again...

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Karen — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:56:32 -0000

I'd like to get this for my daughter. She is 12 and struggles with writing. How does this help her with her writing/sentence structure? I can see how it can help with math and spelling, but don't get it how it could help with writing......THANKS!

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nabeel hefzi — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:36:30 -0000

hy,i am from dubai and i needid to wright arabic with the pen ,can i ?

Re: OhGizmo! Review – LeapFrog FLY Fusion Pentop Computer

Scott — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:22:15 -0000

Hey
I used my Fly Pen for a bit, then when i turned it on, the green light kept blinking, and i cant get it off that, and i cant do anything else either. What should i do, email me at farmshome@hotmail.com

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ab — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:53:44 -0000

I've had the fly pen for a little while now and i was wondering how to transfer the packages you buy to the fly pen.

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Kiera — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:48:59 -0000

slight question. I really am interested in buying this. I have wanted it for three years now, I am doing research. I was wondering if you can help. Say that you are writing on a page, you fill up the page so you move on to the next page, can you write on the back of that page? also, how do you install the programs that you buy for it; Algerbra, Journal, ect.?

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Carl — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:38:39 -0000

Andrew, I have ordered my Livescribe pen and am very excited to get it. You must be one of the very lucky people as you as the only person I have seen post that they have actually gotten a pen so far. I must disagree with some of your comments. I have talked to the customer service department and not had any problems. They were very nice and polite. Also the price of the notebooks, the best price I have found is a 3 pack for $9.99. As the IO pens notebooks only have 128 pages and the Livescribe notebooks have 200 pages, the math works like this, 128(pages) * 3(notebooks) / $9.99 = $.026 per page. Now time this by 800 (the number of pages you get in the four page by Livescribe for $19.95) = $20.81 or $.86 higher. I think your review of this product is like your math, flawed.

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Mason — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:55:48 -0000

Hi,
Just opened the box to our new fly pen. It says that it pen uses one AAA battery. Where in the world would I find it??? How long does it take to charge? Is there some simple instructions somewhere to get this thing going? Thanks

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Andrew — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:29:04 -0000

I am one of the few people who got the LIVESCRIBE pen and I can tell you, without a doubt, it is not even remotely as good as the IO2. 1) THE LIVESCRIBE CAN NOT EVEN CONVERT TO TEXT...and when they do offer this "feature" you will have to pay for it! 2) The notebooks are three times the cost of the IO2 (check around) and 3) the support is just plain crap. I call with a question, get put on hold, am told I will get a call back and nothing....

Bottom line, I tried to ask about returning this and now they won't even reply to my emails!.

STAY AWAY FROM THE LIVESCRIBE!

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janake — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:21:23 -0000

me 2 i need to know how to charge it can someone please tell us

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Pissed off bitch — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:18:23 -0000

This pen looks cool but i bought and it is screwed up i don't know how to charge it can some body poste a comment telling me!! PLS

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Anon — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:58:35 -0000

I am trying to load the Algebra, or rather trasfer the Algebra CD to my fly top but I do not know how. Could you please assist?
Thank you

Re: OhGizmo! Review – LeapFrog FLY Fusion Pentop Computer

Andrew Liszewski — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:44:36 -0000

For those who have been following the comments on my FLY Fusion review, but aren't regular readers of OhGizmo!, I just wanted to let you know that I've just posted a review of the EPOS Digital Pen to our site.

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008...

The EPOS is definitely in the same market as the FLY Fusion, and while it lacks a lot of the functionality of the Fusion (MP3s, translators, etc,) it has a much better form factor and is considerably smaller as far as the pen goes.

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ALLIE — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:08:47 -0000

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hi.
so whenever i turn on my fly fusion, its recording notes. (the green light is blinking.) how do i make it NOT be recording every time i turn it on??

also, sometimes it doesn't upload pages that i have recorded. its like it is 'iffy' or something....it usually does, but that last three times, it hasn't. and i know that i recorded them! please help?? anybody?
thank you!!!!
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JULIA — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:31:42 -0000

col....
i really reccomend the fly fusion. read the reviews on amazon.com! they're amazing! if you want to read my review (on amazon.com and target.com, its under the name "S. Thompson".

kim/jenn...

when you run out of fly fusion ink, simply buy new ones, and pull the old one out. you do this by tugging on the ballpoint part of the pen. (don't worry, you won't break it!!) you have to pull pretty firmly. when thats out, just put the new one in! :)

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JULIA — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:27:49 -0000

Christa...

the fly fusion and the fly 1.0 both have USB ports. so even if you do have the old one, you still have a USB port. its on the back of the pen, on the top. just a little port in it. both pens have the same thing..

as for your journal dilemma...I can't say that it'll work. :(
you need the box, and I would be happy to give you my code, but yours is different. every box sold has a different code. sorry. :(

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JULIA — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:48 -0000

a m....
the fly that is on clearence at walmart for $35 is the fly 1.0 version (the old one) so if you are looking for the fly fusion, don't rush out to walmart. Actually, at leapfrog, the fly 1.0 (the old one) and ALL of the fly 1.0 accesories are 60% off!! so if you are looking for a fun gift thats cheap, buy it! they fly 1.0 is still very fun, just not all that new. but then again, thats not that big of a deal! :)

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JULIA — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:23:11 -0000

"Another Scammed"...

if you go onto www.leapfrog.com and search for 'fly fusion', an entire description of the product will come up. If you read it, it will cleary state that it has no mac support. If you read reviews of the fly fusion just about anywhere, (target.com, walmart, amazon, etc) almost everybody will say it has no mac support. Did you do research on it? You have to do research on just about everything before you purchase it. Leapfrog will not reimburse you simply becuase they stated on their website (and the fly fusion box) that you can't use it on macs. they don't have sympathy for people who don't follow their directions.

I'm not trying to be harsh on you, but do research on things in the future possibly? I have a fly fusion and I love it, I use it every day. I don't consider it to be garbage or crap or for leapfrog to have false advertising. Did you not read this Oh!Gizmo review before you bought it? because it says on here that it has no mac support. Obviously not, but then why are you on here after you bought it...?

Leapfrog and its products are no scam, and I happen to love them.

Just trying to set the record straight.
thank you!

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Another scammed — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:37:13 -0000

I bought this garbage for my daughter and nowhere on the promotional materials does it state that it does not work on a Mac...it doesn't matter if it has Windows XP. It just doesn't work if the brand is a Mac! HOW RIDICULOUS! And, the company refuses to offer any type of credit, after purchasing this crap AND the $10 notebooks (several) she can't even use them.....what a complete and total SCAM!!! Don't fall for it -- I wouldn't buy ANY Leapfrog product, just because of the poor customer service and lack of accountability for their FALSE ADVERTISING.

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Christa — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:00:48 -0000

I NEED HELP...
my fly pen doesnt have a USB port anywhere on it. do i have an old version? Is there ant other way to hook it up to your computer?

One more thing, Can i get the Product ID for the Fly Journal.... i lost the package. Can Anyone help me?