Have we come so far as not to need pens anymore to capture the written word? Of course not. Laptops and Tablet PCs are gaining popularity, of course, and they've become many a student's best friend.

October 25, 2005 Sometimes we write about technologies well in advance of actually hands-on experiencing them. Such was the case with the PenTop computer and although we were enthusiastic based on the ...

LeapFrog Enterprises has made a name for itself as an innovative maker of electronic educational devices for children up to the early teens. Its latest offering is no exception. The Fly Pentop ...

Did your kids find a Fly under the tree this holiday season? On the surface, the Fly, a “pentop” computer from LeapFrog, is yet another electronic learning tool designed to entertain as it educates-a ...

Like its name, the Fly pentop computer resembles an ordinary pen, but works as a translator, a music maker, calendar and calculator. To mark its new entry into the tween market, LeapFrog is ...

I thought I was the cat s pajamas when I brought my electronic handheld baseball game to class (unfortunately, it was in eleventh grade and I got beat up, yet again). Maybe things would have been ...

LeapFrog today introduced a baby brother to the Fly “pentop computer.” The $50 Tag uses the same Anoto high-res scanning technology to “read” specially printed books to kids, and can connect to the ...

If you're looking to buy a tablet PC or UMPC simply to take notes, ask yourself one thing. Might the LeapFrog Fly Fusion Pentop Computer, a pen-like gadget that detects what you write with it and ...

Right now, any word you're thinking—learn to say it in Spanish! Just write any word and the FLY Pentop Computer will translate it instantly—from English to Spanish or Spanish to English!

A new tech from Leapfrog called FLY Fusion pen, a portable "pen top computer" featuring an optical camera in the tip. As you write in your FLY paper notebook — containing paper with thousands of tiny ...

You could have guessed that the iPod Nano, the Xbox 360, and all manner of plasma televisions are this year’s hot holiday gadgets. But right behind them is a $99 educational toy with no screen, no ...

LeapFrog, announcing the launch Wednesday, said the Fly device will give children audio feedback as they write and draw on special Fly paper. Click to view For instance, the company said, someone can ...