Monday, January 13, 2003
I Hate To Say I Told You So...
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 09:00 AM
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:PALM&Feed=PR&Date=20030113&ID=2228999
In my Which PDA is Simple Again article, I talked about how much easier it is for a new person to input data on a Pocket PC rather than a Palm because the Pocket PC accepts a variety of normal letters for input, either with the QWERTY keyboard, Character Recognizer or full screen handwriting recognition via Transcriber whereas the Palm requires you to learn Graffiti.
Well, remember Jot? It was the character based input system in the old Palm-sized PCs from Microsoft. Look for it in a Palm near you! "Communication Intelligence Corporation CICI ("CIC"), the leader in electronic signature, biometric verification and natural input solutions and PalmSource Inc., the Palm OS(R) subsidiary of Palm Inc. PALM and provider of the world's most popular operating system for handhelds and smart phones, announced today a licensing agreement for CIC's Jot(R) handwriting recognition software. Under this agreement, "Graffiti(R) 2 powered by Jot," will be embedded by PalmSource in current versions of its Palm OS platform provided to licensees of its operating system. The new Graffiti 2 handwriting software supports an intuitive, more natural form of input, minimizing learning time for new users and easing the transition for experienced users."
More natural form of input, minimizing learning time, etc. Looks like Palm agrees with much of what I said. :D I predict Graffiti will be used strictly by Palm old timers in two years. The days of requiring the human to learn how to adapt to the computer for stylus input were over three years ago. Glad to see all the major players agree.
I especially loved this quote: "Graffiti 2 is a superior handwriting recognition system that will enhance the ease of use that Palm OS is known for. We expect this technology to appeal to a wide range of users who will be able to easily take notes and write memos on their Palm Powered(TM) devices." When Pocket PC users were saying that in 2000, Palm users railed at the thought defending the "ease" and "zen" of Graffiti. Next thing you know, Palm will support multitasking. Oh, wait, they already say they will in OS6. :lol:
In my Which PDA is Simple Again article, I talked about how much easier it is for a new person to input data on a Pocket PC rather than a Palm because the Pocket PC accepts a variety of normal letters for input, either with the QWERTY keyboard, Character Recognizer or full screen handwriting recognition via Transcriber whereas the Palm requires you to learn Graffiti.
Well, remember Jot? It was the character based input system in the old Palm-sized PCs from Microsoft. Look for it in a Palm near you! "Communication Intelligence Corporation CICI ("CIC"), the leader in electronic signature, biometric verification and natural input solutions and PalmSource Inc., the Palm OS(R) subsidiary of Palm Inc. PALM and provider of the world's most popular operating system for handhelds and smart phones, announced today a licensing agreement for CIC's Jot(R) handwriting recognition software. Under this agreement, "Graffiti(R) 2 powered by Jot," will be embedded by PalmSource in current versions of its Palm OS platform provided to licensees of its operating system. The new Graffiti 2 handwriting software supports an intuitive, more natural form of input, minimizing learning time for new users and easing the transition for experienced users."
More natural form of input, minimizing learning time, etc. Looks like Palm agrees with much of what I said. :D I predict Graffiti will be used strictly by Palm old timers in two years. The days of requiring the human to learn how to adapt to the computer for stylus input were over three years ago. Glad to see all the major players agree.
I especially loved this quote: "Graffiti 2 is a superior handwriting recognition system that will enhance the ease of use that Palm OS is known for. We expect this technology to appeal to a wide range of users who will be able to easily take notes and write memos on their Palm Powered(TM) devices." When Pocket PC users were saying that in 2000, Palm users railed at the thought defending the "ease" and "zen" of Graffiti. Next thing you know, Palm will support multitasking. Oh, wait, they already say they will in OS6. :lol:
