Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels — with the rare wit and insight only he can supply.
When it comes to futuristic concepts, few ideas have captured the imagination like pen-based computing. The notion of doing away with a cumbersome keyboard for navigating and entering data has been a Holy Grail ever since Captain Kirk signed his first digital clipboard in space, but here in our century the concept has met with little success. Most recently, Microsoft’s Tablet PC operating system has folded to take the world by storm, and lots of platforms, from the Momenta PC and Pen Windows, to the Newton and the PalmPilot, have come and gone while failing to shift the masses from their keyboards. Even smart phones, led by the Iphone, have shifted from being poster children for pen-based platforms to adopting finger touch and virtual keyboards for text entry.
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