[NTLK] Why are pen alignments needed?

[Forrest Buffenmyer]

All things considered: I think I’ll just keep on aligning the stylus on the Newton.

Considering all that it offers and how familiar it is, that seems like a minor annoyance.

Amazing explanation, Andrei.

Mahalo,
Forrest

Sent from my iPad Pro 9.7"

> On Dec 15, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Grant Hutchinson <grant at splorp.com> wrote:
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>> On Dec 8, 2018, at 5:30 PM, Andrei Chichak <newton at chichak.ca> wrote:
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>> What can you do to prevent a newton from needing alignment?
>> Get an iPhone, most of the good points of a newton are there
>> without the bad points.
> 
> LOL
> 
> Thanks for the great explanation, Andrei. I don't think I've ever read such a simple, yet thorough description of how the physical digitizer works in a Newton device.
> 
> And I learned a new word ... centroid.
> 
> g.
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