Hmmm... clever marketing for one. Also looks like an interesting product. I am always leery of these devices that require special paper as I wonder how much the paper will cost and how easily I'll be able to find it.
I thought the presenter on the site said in one of the videos that you could print the paper at home. I wonder if there is a charge for that... beyond the ink and paper I mean.
Also, the actual pen cartridges look quite small.
It does have some tempting features; but, I usually go through 8 to 10 full size pens ( I prefer the extra find pilot g series, thanks. ) per semester. I would be buying lots of those little ink refills I think. I wonder too where I would get those and how much?
I'd love to see some independent reviews. Particularly I'd love some reviews as to the quality and usability of the recording, which is often a problem in a lecture setting. Also, I wonder what type of file the audio is and how much battery life and storage hold up.

Pretty interesting though...
- Mike

Thanks Mike very insightful comments : ) I'm a Liverscribe hopeful and regrettably it will only come out in March.

@Warner: Regardless the prank Gizmodo pulled and quite a number of inappropriate sexual contents on the site, it still pulled the first review of the pen.

I for one am looking forward to the release of the Livescribe digital pen - it promises a lot and I think will finally bring some consumer acceptance to the digital pen.

Having used digital pens for awhile, I think you will be amazed by the technology and what you can actually do with it.

I hope the launch goes well for them!

Livescribe has a fun video on Youtube of their pen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX5z4w4A5HA