Unfortunately, I need to agree to everything written above: Handwriting recognition in OS 2008 is bad and barely usable.

Eleven years ago, I owned a Apple Newton 2100 and - after a little bit of training - the handwriting recognition just worked for me. Close to perfect. It was much better than hwr on the N800. I am very disappointed about the implementation. Nokia / Maemo should do better!

Is there any development on a better hwr implementation? This feature is really needed!

Thanks, Gerald