San Francisco, CA — October 2, 2015 | NeoLAB Convergence Inc., developer of the award-winning smartpen, Neo smartpen N2, announced today that its free companion app Neo Notes, which enables iOS and Android users to make digital, editable text from handwritten notes and drawings in tandem with the Neo smartpen N2, has been named a 2015 W3 Silver Award Winner for Mobile Apps/Sites in the “Innovative/Experimental” category.

The W3 Award honors creative excellence on the web and recognizes the innovative and marketing professionals behind award-winning sites, videos and marketing programs. This year the 10th annual international competition received over 4,800 entries. The W3 Mobile Apps/Site “Innovative/Experimental” category recognizes mobile apps that implement groundbreaking technology or unconventional applications of mobile technology applications and environmental situations.

“It’s an absolute honor to be selected as a W3 Silver Award Winner as an innovative and experimental mobile app,” said Dr. Eddie Lee, CTO at NeoLAB Convergence, Inc. “Receiving this award further validates the necessity of a note-taking app that is hands-on, easy to use and enjoyable.”

Neo smartpen N2 gives users the familiarity of a normal pen with smart technology and enables users to express ideas on paper first, allowing them to better focus on the content of meetings and lectures without distractions, such as laptops and smartphones. The free app works in tandem with the Neo smartpen N2 and special smart notebooks that feature patented NCode™ technology, which records each pen stroke. Through Neo Notes, users can instantly and efficiently transform these written ideas into digital, editable content that can be captured, organized and shared with anyone.

Key App Features:

• Sharing and editing – gives users the ability to delete lines and other background details from drawings and handwritten content
• Audio recording – record and playback audio synced to pen strokes
• Data reproduction – drawings can be exported in a scalable image format, namely SVG or PNG or JPG, which allows users to reproduce them.
• Google Drive – the first smartpen with the ability to upload notes, drawings and more to Google Drive and access them across devices
• Languages – convert notes into digital text in 15 languages, including English, Spanish, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Swedish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Russian and Turkish

Pricing and Availability:

Neo Notes is available for free download. Android and iOS users can download the app by visiting Google Play or the App Store.

Neo smartpen N2 and NCodeTM notebooks are currently available for purchase on Amazon.

About Neolab Convergence Inc.

NeoLAB Convergence Inc., the creator of Neo smartpen N2, is an award-winning designer and developer of digital pens using its patented NCodeTM technology for the consumer, education and enterprise markets. Neo smartpen N2 launched in the international market via a Kickstarter campaign in September 2014, raising 20 times its initial funding goal within just three weeks. For more information about Neo smartpen N2 and case studies, visit www.neosmartpen.com or follow on Facebook and Twitter.

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