Fly (pentop computer)

[1] In 2009, LeapFrog discontinued both the manufacture and support of the device and all accessory products, such as notepads and ink refills which are required for continued use.

There are several bundled and add-on applications available, including a notepad, calculator, language and writing assistant, and educational games; many of these require the use of a small cartridge that can be inserted into a port built into the rear of the pen.

[3] The Fly only works on its own proprietary digital paper, which is lightly printed with a pattern of dots to provide positioning information to the pen via a tiny infrared camera.

[3] The pen uses digital paper and pattern decoding technology developed by Anoto to track where the user writes on the page.

[6] Activities available for the Fly included a Spanish language translator, spelling and mathematical software, and a personal journal.

[citation needed] Many critics of the computer have pointed out the length of time required for the pen to correctly recognise input from the user.

The FLY Fusion can upload and transfer text that was written on paper to a word-processing program, such as Microsoft Word.