Apple itself launched a pen-based tablet computer, the Newton, in 1993, but it was a flop.
Rossman, a former Apple Computer executive who also headed the failed pen-based company Eo, owns 3.5 million Phone.com shares.
The place where something like that would be most useful would have to a pen-based computer of some kind, perhaps a tablet computer, or other walk-around device.
Handhelds have been the most successful pen-based computers, but as the market has matured, it looks as though their signature input method is on the verge of being erased.
The FLY, for lack of a better description, is essentially a pen-based computer for kids that lets you write stuff down on paper and then interact with your drawings.
Well, considering Android was built primarily around finger input, the stylus certainly adds a new (and rather unexpected) dimension to Google's mobile OS, which is why HTC's focused quite a bit on adding some pen-based applications.
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Original writers Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay will pen the new show, based on their 2010 stage production.
Therefore, all systems, no matter how complex, were pen and paper, or at best a little excel-based.
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Oscar-winning writer Tom Stoppard will pen the script and Atonement film-maker Joe Wright will direct the epic romance, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel.
Sharp Electronics unveiled its Mobilon TriPad PV-6000, a Windows CE-based computing device that can be used in three different operating positions: standard notebook (clamshell), pen tablet (slate), or easel mode.
The Android-based device features a 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED screen, as well as the S Pen, a new generation stylus which they contends sets new standards for pressure sensitivity, precision and any other characteristic you can imagine for tablet stylus.
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