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Crave giveaway: Livescribe Echo smartpen

For this week's giveaway we're serving up a special-edition Echo smartpen courtesy of the folks at Livescribe.

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Feb. 18, 2011 4:00 a.m. PT

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Post a comment--and only one--for a chance to win this special-edition Livescribe Echo smartpen. Sarah Tew/CNET

First, congrats to Arnav of Temple Terrace, Fla., for winning the Toshiba Camileo mini camcorder in last week's giveaway. Now, for this week's giveaway, we've got a special-edition Livescribe Echo smartpen with 8GB of built-in memory. What makes it special? Well, the folks at Livescribe have provided us with a translucent version that shows off the smartpen's innards. How sweet is that?

Here's what editor Donald Bell had to say about the standard black version of the Echo (read the full review here):

The Livescribe Echo is a ballpoint pen and voice recorder combination that preserves digital copies of your notes and recordings, which can be replayed, saved to your computer, and shared with others...For students and professionals who ritually take, review, and share handwritten notes, the Echo smartpen does what all great technology should do: it makes life easier.

Normally, LIvescribe Echo smartpen would cost you about $200, but we're giving it away gratis. So, how do you try to win it? Let me enumerate the basic rules. Please read them carefully; there will be a test.

Register as a CNET user. Go to the top of this page and hit the "Join CNET" link to start the registration process. If you're already registered, there's no need to register again.
Leave a comment below. You can leave whatever comment you want. If it's funny or insightful, it won't help you win, but we're trying to have fun here, so anything entertaining is appreciated.
Leave only one comment. You may enter this specific giveaway only once. If you enter more than one comment, you will be automatically disqualified.
The winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive one (1) Special-edition Livescribe Echo smartpen with a retail value of $200.
If you are chosen, you will be notified via e-mail. The winner must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
Entries can be submitted until Monday, February 21, at 12 p.m. ET.

And here's the disclaimer that our legal department said we had to include (sorry for the caps, but rules are rules):

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENT OF ONE OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR D.C., 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT DATE OF ENTRY INTO SWEEPSTAKES. VOID IN PUERTO RICO, ALL U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sweepstakes ends at 12 PM EST on February 21, 2011. See official rules for details.

Good luck.