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	Capt'n Corrupt	2010-12-30 , 16:58
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Originally Posted by ysss

I'm willing to bet one of my limbs that Apple will piss off the fanboys here BIG TIME, when Apple tries to make writing cool again in one of their future iPad iterations (w/ a multitouch capable screen that's stylus friendly).

They definitely have the technology, even some of the elements from their Newton pad was way ahead of its time; and you can find some of them embedded into their desktop OSX (to be used with wacom-style digitizers).

No, I don't think it's due on iPad 2... perhaps 3rd time's a charm?

I see this as well. I've been saying it for quite some time. It's time that paper and pencil were replaced, and there's nothing holding the technology back other than a company with both sway and imagination (apparently in short supply). I think Apple will find a good usability angle and stun the world once again and leave the competition struggling to catch up.

The use cases are significant:
- whiteboard collaboration
- note taking
- art generation
- annotation

I would avoid using the device as a navigation aid, but if its uses are limited to these areas and does this well and released with a capable suite of software it will catch on.

I can see students, business people, children, really appreciating this feature.

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