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From: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Sony Palmtop w/char recognition - Ultimate Laptop?
Message-ID: <4613@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 12 Apr 90 13:25:09 GMT
References: <3223@moondance.cs.uq.oz.au>
Reply-To: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick,mt,)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <3223@moondance.cs.uq.oz.au> brendan@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au writes:
> >are decried because they are too small.  Why?  Because it's too difficult
> >to type on a keyboard so tiny.  And then when a new palmtop comes out with
> >a non-keyboard interface, it's only discussed from the point of generically
> >comparing a keyboard and handwriting interface.  And then, of course, the
> >handwriting interface is pushed off in some specialized corner because, of
> >course, typing is much more efficient than writing by hand.
> 
> This handwriting interface is going to put keyboards back in the typing pool
> where they belong.

But even with the small keyboard of the Atari Portfolio, I can STILL
type faster than I can write clearly! By writing clearly, I mean
printing clearly enough so that I have no trouble figuring out what I
wrote when reading it later. I still think even 4 fingered hunt and
peck typing is going to beat out handwriting everytime for speed of
input.

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Michael Connick    mec@mtfmi.ATT.COM    201-957-3057
AT&T Bell Labs     MT 3F-113	        (Dept. 79151)