4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in
news:840caf55-0d68-4328-a98a-03c20feb9bee@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

> Handwriting Recognition for iPhone Now Available
>
> Today, April 16, 2008, 4 hours ago
> Holy Egg Freckles! A third-party developer has released handwriting
> recognition software for the iPhone. Similar to Graffiti, the classic
> writing software for Palms, you can setup HWPen from Installer.app to
> give you an a writing area that can take over the standard keyboard at
> the touch of button. The best thing: it works.
>
> http://digg.com/apple/Handwriting_Re..._Now_Available
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> PICS
>

Now, what was the resolution of this iPhone finger screen? No, not the
VIDEO resolution, the touchscreen resolution! Every time I see the tech
specs for the iPhone there's no mention of it.

How much resolution can a greasy finger dragging across a piece of
plastic capacitor have, anyways? Try it for yourself. Press your
forefinger to a rubber stamp pad inker, then write your name as small as
you can, say, 3.5" wide, like the iPhone screen.

Now, how is the iPhone going to convert that black smudge into RELIABLE
text input like stylus devices have, whos resolution is the width of the
stylus tip?

Here's how a real one works:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r7W1WbR0qxY
If a letter stumbles, you add your letter/number/punctuation/special
character to the recognition list.

It works pretty cool, especially with phrase storage doodles.

I can't imagine how iPhone is going to work without stylus resolution.
Maybe one letter at a time like low res Palm Pilots?? that sucks.

Notice on the webpage there is no URL to this new application website or
any reference as to what or who wrote it.

Vaporware??

Dreamware??