Have Your Way With Paper

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: 7/26/06

The Scrap Review just released this on the Provo Craft Gypsy:

http://www.thescrapreview.com/2009/07/cha-sneak-provocraft-gypsy.html

Provocraft is releasing a new product called the Gypsy. It's a new mobile product (approximately 4 x 6) which would allow you work on your creative projects, no matter where you are.

* This device provides Cricut Design Studio capabilities (such as welding, stretching, and rotating), so you could work on your creative projects away from your computer.

* Allows you to organize your artwork by topic, event, creative project and even provides a way for you to organize how you would like images organized on your cutting mat.

* Let's you store all of your Cricut cartridges into the device, enabling you to take all of your Cricut artwork with you wherever you go (within your house, to a gathering with friends/family, in your car, etc).

* Also eliminates the needs to carry your cartridges, overlays and manuals around.

* Device plugs into any PC computer or Cricut machine.
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Here's an example of how you might use this product: Beth is waiting for her daughter to get out of her piano class, and starts thinking about the baby shower invitations she needs to send out. She pulls her mobile device out of her purse and searches for all flower images available from her purchased cartridges (which have already been loaded onto her device). She finds the one she likes, and starts designing her card with CDS. Later, at a friend's house, she plugs in her device to her friends Cricut, cuts her images, letters (which are already laid out on her "virtual" mat), and finishes her cards that night.

Features:
•Size – 8” x 3” x 1.5”
•Weight – 11 ounces
•Screen Size - 4.7”, 16:9, 480 x 272
•Stylus Length – 3.75”
•Storage – ~4000 Cartridges, 10000+ Designs
•Battery Life – 4 hrs cont. 18 hrs int.
•Compatible with all Cricut Machines and Cartridges
•Weld, size, slant, rotate, stretch, preview
•2 Full content cartridges preloaded

Benefits:
•No computer required
•All CDS functionality on-the-go with no PC
•Interfaces with CDS when connected to a PC
•Stores All Content
•Stores All Overlays
•Stores All Manuals
•Stores CDS Projects

As we understand it, all your cartridge info can be stored on this device. HOWEVER, when you store it, the information is actually removed from your cartridges and installed onto the device, rendering the cartridges EMPTY. Therefore, you still only retain one copy of your cartridges.

It has ample storage on it - a huge amount you would never use up. We also heard it may come loaded with two cartridges worth of images that will NOT BE AVAILABLE for purchase any other way than getting the machine.

This is their press release.
And they're funny.

(See link above for video)

I have been looking for a few days now info about this 'mystery' product...I read it quickly and need to open the link, but finally..it's being talking about!..

Thanks so much...now I need to find out more about it..

Paper Princess- Fairest of them all MemberSince: August 19, 2006

I took a survey many months ago from Provo with the specs of this type of device, so when I saw that from Scrap review, I knew it was commin...Looks really cool, but like the commenters were saying...a little hesitant in having my cartridge 'emptied' while the info is in the gypsy. A lot of battery questions...I'll be interested to see the price and what people think when they get their hands on it!

Paper Princess- Fairest of them all MemberSince: Jan 8, 2007

def interesting and also concerned about the "empty" carts...

The empty cart is what seems to have most people concerned. The price was listed (I forget what site) for over $200.00...

UPDATED 12/9/09 !!!

So if I break the Gypsy, then I have to replace all the carts? I don't think so.....not in my price range either......nope, not interested.