good-dog_at_northshore.net (good-dog_at_northshore.net) wrote:
> Why does a smaller screen/body rule out real handwriting?
Because there isn't enough space, unless your handwriting is really tiny.
The screen space of the MP2100 is OK in this respect, and certainly
better than the MP120 I used before. With the 160 x 160 pixel space of
the Palm, enabling real HWR doesn't help much. Printing single letters in
a small space is actually the best you can do when you have to live with
these limitations.
> Maybe it wouldn't work, but to dismiss it outright seems a bit much.
I have used an MP2100, a MP120, and a Handspring Visor, so I can
extrapolate from this experience. I wouldn't go back from the MP2100 to
the MP120, and certainly not to something still smaller.
> From what I remember at one time Apple was thinking of shrinking the size
> of the Newton, but the idea got canned. Do we know why?
Maybe it didn't work out?
- Michael
Michael J. Hussmann
E-mail: michael_at_michael-hussmann.de
WWW: http://michael-hussmann.de
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