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Thanks for the quote RogerS, it is true. The N810 tablet I use is a very unique tool in that it has a combination of finger, styus and keyboard operation that I think is really underestimated. I see a lot of people clamoring for a finger UI like the iphone or back in the days of N800 it was a slide out keyboard. Other users want HWR like the Newton and yet others are content with stylus input and tapping on the onscreen keyboard.

I LOVE the N810 because it allows me a choice. When I surf a full non zoomed webpage I like being able to use a stylus to select small elements like links. In Canola I love that I can finger through my music collection like flipping through a CD book or a photo album and the pull out keyboard is invaluable when I am IM'ing with friends and can have a full screen dedicated to the conversation thread and not half taken up by a finger keyboard. I would not want to replace any of those functions with any other UI mechanism, really, and yes I have extensively used and browsed with an iPhone.

These new programs I have been using recently really highlighted the use of a touch screen with a stylus that can't be replicated with the same satisfaction using any other input method, just as using a hardware keyboard is great for tapping IM (maybe haptic tech will change that).

Anyway there is a lot of great work being done within the community recently so kudos to all the people bringing us great software both to play with and be productive with.

only change they could do (beyond the obvious upgrades to storage, cpu and ram) would maybe be to change the display into something like what used on the dell latitude tx tablet pc.

http://www.n-trig.com/

that way one could use a stylus (it has its uses, no matter what the iphone people say), finger or keyboard (either on screen or physical), and get accuracy that would really put what one have today to shame.

btw, didnt apple shop around for a handwriting expert recently?