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From: Jake-S@cup.portal.com (Jake G Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Crazy dreams of HP48's with touchscreens
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Date: 25 Jan 91 00:31:40 GMT
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Hi - John Serafin suggests keycaps with displays. Guess who has the patent
on such an idea? (I'm pretty sure about this one). Right. Hewlett-Packard.
(Anyone really in the know on this one, please correct me if I'm wrong, but
I had heard about this patent back in the late Seventies.)

Also with regard to the HP48 being too small for a touchscreen, and the
suggestion of adding a peripheral touch pad, or some such device.....I
had suggested something like this back in 1989 in June in Chicago - but
with a twist. (We'll see how many folks choke on this idea:) Go back to
the HP28-style hinged case and put an HP48 in the right side (with its
8-line screen) and make the whole other side a full-sized touchscreen
display. When it's not being used, simply fold it underneath.( I can
hear the clamshell-haters yelling now <grin>)

Jake Schwartz