Tablets

[anon]

I guess the world just wasn't ready for them until 2010.

[Lucius]

I'm waiting for surface pro to arrive to my country , and being cheaper also will be an additional nice touch :)

[anon]

Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing (1992)

[zora]

The original iPad (aka Apple Newton 1993)

[anon]

I'd forgotten about that one!

How good is handwriting recognition these days? Last time I tried it (on my mobile phone six years ago), it was barely above acceptable.

[zora]

I think most apps use MyScript for handwriting recognition. I've personally never tried it because I don't own a tablet but they have a web demo and it was able to read me writing with my mouse.

http://webdemo.myscript.com/

In all honesty, it's a cool feature to be able to write by hand and have the computer convert your writing to text but I feel like it will never be as fast or accurate as just typing the stuff out using a keyboard.

[anon]

I think most apps use MyScript for handwriting recognition. I've personally never tried it because I don't own a tablet but they have a web demo and it was able to read me writing with my mouse.

http://webdemo.myscript.com/

That seems to be pretty accurate, at least for English.

[anon]

Look what I found yesterday! Apparently thing thing sold for $3900 at the time.

Pen Computing Magazine: Fujitsu Stylistic 3500 review