on 11/1/01 4:00 PM, Ivan Shaw at ishaw_at_sympatico.ca wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 1 2001 Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>> I don't understand why they provide a paper notepad. Seems
>> that this would have been the perfect occasion to put a small
>> battery-powered printer there...
>
> For the TransNote, the theory behind this is that you can scribble on the
> paper while the computer is off, and then upload the ink information when you
> have time on your hands to do it. Also, with say, a hard disk failure, you
> still have your paper copies to refer back to (and reconstruct).
>
> The premise for the Seiko unit is similar; you can Graffiti, draw (and
> apparently input the drawing into a Palm drawing package), or write short
> notes on the paper. No one that I know of has been able to move the written
> notes back to the Palm, but whether it's inability from hardware/software
> limitations or sheer incompetence is something I haven't bothered to
> investigate.
>
> The TransNote setup is useful in vertical applications where paper-based data
> must be maintained but the information is manipulated electronically (e.g.
> pharmaceuticals, insurance). The paper digitizer section is letter-size and
> can be set up to allow form input. I can't see an application where the Palm
> variant would work.
>
> Would I want to carry one? Not particularly. Weight problems and different
> ways of presenting "functionality" don't make for particularly convincing
> arguments to replace the MP2100 at this time.
Well, I would more easily understand the purpose of the paper and the
ability to take notes or draw graphics if you could also use the Palm's
screen as a scanning device. Then, it would really make sense. I guess we're
not there yet...
-Laurent.
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