[OSX-Users] Re: ipad?

[Nick Gibbins]

Maybe. While it's clear that handwriting recognition is a more  
practical proposition now, given the greater processing resources  
available, is it that much of an advantage over an onscreen keyboard?

(I acknowledge that I'm probably not in the target demographic for  
such a
device, given I prefer typing to writing longhand)

What I was hoping for in the iPad was some sort of haptic feedback for  
the onscreen keyboard (istr Apple being awarded a patent in this area  
within the past year).
-- 
Dr Nicholas Gibbins

On 28 Jan 2010, at 09:48, "m.c. schraefel" <mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> i still miss the newton - or what might have been an iSlate, as in  
> with pen.
>
> mc
>
> At 09:30 +0000 on 28/1/10, Christopher Gutteridge wrote:
>
>
>> I predict it will be the obvious product placement item in many  
>> films this year, showing hip people using them in everyday  
>> situations...
>>
>> JD Marsters wrote:
>>> On 28/01/2010 09:09, Christopher Gutteridge wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can see them being used by businesses who want their traveling  
>>>> staff
>>>> to have more flash than a rugged-ised laptop.
>>>>
>>> So they'll have more flash but less Flash? :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>> It looks classier than a phone or laptop; I can totally imagine it
>>>> being used by people like wedding planners and Maître d's.
>>>>
>>>> It fills the same niche as a clipboard.
>>>>
>>> Zing!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Neil Broderick wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>> My initial impression is that I would rush out and
>>>>> buy one if it was running OS X or a similar operating system in  
>>>>> which
>>>>> I could do what I wanted
>>>>> but not if it is just a large iphone without the ability to make
>>>>> phone-calls (or have a GPS chip).
>>>>>
>>> So it has a microphone but no phonecallability? Are we to expect a
>>> flurry of interest in skype-like apps, then?
>>>
>>> JD
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Christopher Gutteridge -- http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/cjg
>>
>> Lead Developer, EPrints Project, http://eprints.org/
>>
>> Web Projects Manager, University of Southampton, School of  
>> Electronics and Computer Science
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