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Moleskine Smart Writing Set
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Moleskine Smart Writing Set

By Moleskine.

$279
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A pen with a camera in its tip that sends every stroke over Bluetooth to an app and a cloud. The same maker sells the notebook two rows up, which works without either.

Local
Bluetooth, RF or NFC. An attacker has to be nearby.
Cloud-dependent
Needs the maker's servers or app to work, so the maker can switch it off.

Buy the dumb one instead

We do not link to the smart one. You can find it.

Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the dumb one.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisMoleskine Smart Writing Set
The dumb oneDumb onePelikan Souverän M800
2
Power cut
FALSE
TRUE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
FALSE
TRUE
4
The company switches off its servers
FALSE
TRUE
5
Someone tries to hack it
FALSE
TRUE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
FALSE
TRUE
7
Twenty years from now
FALSE
TRUE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
0 of 60/6
6 of 66/6

The dumb one is the Pelikan Souverän M800.

Row 3

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Digitises your handwriting. Keeps a copy.

Moleskine Smart Writing Set

$279
Local · Cloud-dependent A pen that phones home.
#N/A

We looked. Sorry.

An electric pen is a tattoo machine. Not our department.

#N/A

Still nothing.

The Pelikan is two cells to the left.