> Bill Gates has been an unashamed promoter of pen-based computing for the longest time, and it's fun to see that even cold hard facts are insufficient to shake his confidence.
Does "hard facts" simply mean that iPhone doesn't use a stylus and is still sold? That says almost nothing about using pen-based input. iPhone didn't have one, so people didn't use one. App creators knew there's no stylus, so they designed UI accordingly. That's pretty much it...
Now if MS stepped up with their Pad and introduced a high quality handwriting recognition, people would want to use a stylus for it.
PS. I'll give my stylus when you take it from my cold, dead hands. I love using it for web browsing. And I love my task switcher. Not everyone lives S.J.'s dreams.
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> Bill Gates has been an unashamed promoter of pen-based computing for the longest time, and it's fun to see that even cold hard facts are insufficient to shake his confidence.
Does "hard facts" simply mean that iPhone doesn't use a stylus and is still sold? That says almost nothing about using pen-based input. iPhone didn't have one, so people didn't use one. App creators knew there's no stylus, so they designed UI accordingly. That's pretty much it...
Now if MS stepped up with their Pad and introduced a high quality handwriting recognition, people would want to use a stylus for it.
PS. I'll give my stylus when you take it from my cold, dead hands. I love using it for web browsing. And I love my task switcher. Not everyone lives S.J.'s dreams.