http://penlets.com A site dedicated to applications for the Pulse smart-pen from LiveScribe. en-us http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/T54xHocSR4c/ Happy Holidays! In the spirit of giving we are releasing Blackack for the Pulse pen. Try you luck at the Blackjack table without having to drive to the casino, or having to explain to your spouse where that $300 went. http://penlets.com/applications/blackjack/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/6iagYn13Bwc/ We proudly announce a new discussion group to help foster a conversation among developers, and the Penlets.com Tools Library, a growing library of developer tools. Read more about it on our home page. http://penlets.com/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/ygqSuFfjGNA/ The more code you write, the more opportunities you find for reuse. In this tutorial we explain one simple way to do this. http://penlets.com/tutorials/using_a_shared_library/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/xRaqkO0jYo8/ Learn how to capture shapes drawn by the pen, and then use that data to determine when the pen is inside or outside of a drawn shape. http://penlets.com/tutorials/capturing_drawn_shapes/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/MFoYgtqWHlA/ Ok, so you just downloaded the LiveScribe SDK but you don't know where to start. This tutorial will present you with a basic penlet that is used as the starting point for many of the tutorials on this site. http://penlets.com/tutorials/penlets_101/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/oJSi77KicQE/ We know there are penlet developers out there, and based on the line to buy the Pulse pen at JavaOne we are betting there are a lot of them. Unfortunately there is very little in the way of a penlet developer community out there, so we are thinking that a mailing list might change that. We want to know what you think, so please vote! http://www.penlets.com/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/N-xkS7eX_Aw/ Are you smarter than your pen? The U.S. Capital Trivia game pits you against your pen. It asks you questions on the OLED display and you write your answer. Once you become a master of state capitals you can hack the source and come us with your own trivia game. http://www.penlets.com/applications/us_capital_trivia/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/hq_GdEdZzkM/ If you are building a penlet that needs to "comprehend" what is being written, you may be better served with a custom vocabulary instead of using one of the built-in lexicons. For instance, a penlet that needed to recognize stock symbol names would fare pretty poorly without a custom vocabulary. In this tutorial I will show you how to create a custom lexicon file and use it from your penlet. http://penlets.com/tutorials/creating_a_custom_vocabulary/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/fvriFjW0GR8/ For us "regular" Java developers it can be a source of frustration trying to work with J2ME. One such case I recently encountered was the lack of a Properties class. In this article I will provide you with a home-made edition of Properties, as well as useful string utilities such as split and chomp. http://penlets.com/tutorials/using_properties_files/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/G2scGIdCHCI/ Add some smarts to your smart pen. This tutorial shows you how to recognize the words that are being written. http://penlets.com/tutorials/using_intelligent_character_recognition/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/5U7_8F2l9xc/ Add some spice to your Pulse pen applications by adding sounds. You and your pen can make beautiful music together. http://penlets.com/tutorials/introduction_to_playing_sounds/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/tolzdJdyMU4/ Learn how develop and deploy your Penlets using Eclipse. This tutorial walks you through the steps you need to follow. http://penlets.com/tutorials/developing_penlets_in_eclipse/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/7lT9WkYXSrs/ Learn how you can load TIFF and BMP images onto your Pulse pen and display them in the OLED display. http://penlets.com/tutorials/loading_and_displaying_an_image/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/6iagYn13Bwc/ We were planning on holding off until after the official SDK was released, but a question in the forums prompted me to launch the site early. There is still a lot to do, but at least now we are live! http://penlets.com/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/penlets/~3/6iagYn13Bwc/ Just like everyone else who picked up a Pulse pen from JavaOne, we are hard at play testing the bounds of the Pulse pen and the SDK. Shortly we will provide news, articles, tutorials, and of course free code. Watch this feed for updates on our progress. http://penlets.com/