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bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
 Posted - 18 May 2002 : 17:39:00
This is probably old news for you guys, but I was watching SJ's little act at the launch of xServe, when he started talking about 'Jaguar'... OS X 10.2. One of the features he was touting was 'inkwell'..."probably the worlds best handwriting recognition system... from you know where".Wow. Now this got me thinking...(yep, it takes a bit) ...handwriting recognition would have to be very much a niche application when running on any of the current lineup... only useful for owners of Graphic Tablets... So why would they go to the significant effort of porting it to X? Unless they're going to be putting touch screens on the next round of powerbooks, I can only think of one other reason. What do you folks think? Cheers!
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 18 May 2002 : 18:10:24
 I hope so!  I use a Psion 5MX as my ultraportable and my wife's Palm III. Problem is, when I switch to any of our Powerbooks, I always want to touch the screen to select stuff. Now, I'll have an excuse for having smudgy Powerbook screens .g4from128k ------------
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TiMacLover
Senior Member
USA
1282 Posts |
Posted - 18 May 2002 : 19:47:15
I was thinking the same thing.Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops
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Alien
Junior Member
Netherlands
269 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2002 : 13:17:18
quote:
Now this got me thinking...(yep, it takes a bit) ...handwriting recognition would have to be very much a niche application when running on any of the current lineup... only useful for owners of Graphic Tablets... So why would they go to the significant effort of porting it to X? Unless they're going to be putting touch screens on the next round of powerbooks, I can only think of one other reason.
Because:
a) It is not that significant an effort.
b) Macintoshes are widely used in the graphics industry. Not having to switch from a tablet to a keyboard to just input a few words can be a big timesaver for Photoshop pro's.
c) Apple may want a piece of the forthcoming big "tablet PC" market. Although that alledgedly booming market has been forthcoming for a few years now and I'm not seeing many succesful tablet implementations. Of course, that could all change if Apple put their weight behind it and finally get it right.
d) The iPod's OS and CPU are capable of much, much more than playing MP3's and accessing a couple of vCards. Of course, were Apple to make the iPod more of a true PDA, they'd surely face an uphill battle against the reputation of the Newton. ,xtG
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Christophillis
Forums Squadron Commander
USA
688 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2002 : 16:10:15
Well, when I first heard of the iPod I thought it might be a PDA, that would take the Newton's place. I figure that Apple called it the iPod because the nome offers quite a bit of flexablity with what it's funtions is. This could mean that in the future Apple will add to the iPod and make it more PDA like or have digital camera features or something along that line.68k Macintosh Liberation Army
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maclover5
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Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2002 : 16:17:09
Say hello to iPDA.-------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2002 : 17:08:57
Hmmm... It must be one of those word puzzles (or a minor glitch in recognizing the big J's handwriting on some memo)iPOD
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