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Posted by emtetede on 04-19-2001 09:38 PM:

I'm think about buying a Seiko SmartPad. Seiko's site doesn't say much about it. Which Palm software does it work with? If you have one, please let me know what you think.

Thanks!

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Posted by septimus on 04-19-2001 09:45 PM:

What handheld are you going to use it with? From what I saw, it seems to only have the IR beam on top, which wouldn't work with the Visor design (unless you want to design a system of mirrors! )

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Posted by emtetede on 04-20-2001 02:35 AM:

Using it with Visor Plat.

That's a good point you make about the IR beam.

After posting my original message, I read some discouraging reviews...have second thoughts on just considering the buy.

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Posted by LaoTzim on 04-20-2001 06:21 AM:

Nice Try, But I'll Wait for Version 2

The concept behind the SmartPad is attractive. However, I'd be much more willing to part with the bucks if they offered some handwriting recognition technology on the Visor side so I didn't have to use my Stowaway; that and angle the beam for the VDX, of course. Pipe dream, I'm sure, since Redmond hasn't even introduced workable HR for the desktop yet. Still...

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Posted by Rob on 04-20-2001 06:36 AM:

Re: Nice Try, But I'll Wait for Version 2

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Originally posted by LaoTzim
The concept behind the SmartPad is attractive. However, I'd be much more willing to part with the bucks if they offered some handwriting recognition technology on the Visor side so I didn't have to use my Stowaway; that and angle the beam for the VDX, of course. Pipe dream, I'm sure, since Redmond hasn't even introduced workable HR for the desktop yet. Still...

A more realistic idea would be for the smartpad to store just the handwritten notes on the palm/visor, but include a conduit to a 'real' handwriting recognition application on the desktop.

Posted by VTL on 04-20-2001 04:40 PM:

Don't hold your breath. I've got a CrossPad, which uses similar technology - stores an image of your handwritten notes, and then uses desktop software to recognize your handwritten text. Doesn't work very well, and they seem to have discontinued it.

Posted by Rob on 04-20-2001 05:44 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by VTL
Don't hold your breath. I've got a CrossPad, which uses similar technology - stores an image of your handwritten notes, and then uses desktop software to recognize your handwritten text. Doesn't work very well, and they seem to have discontinued it.

I agree that it's not very good (I have a CrossPad too and never use it), but my point was that if it's not that good on the desktop, you can bet it will be worthless on your handheld device (slower, weaker processor, less memory, etc.) Alternatively, when the technology progresses far enough to be generally useful, it will work well on desktops before it will work on a handheld, so any developers out there thinking about this problem should definitely try the conduit approach first.

Posted by VTL on 04-20-2001 07:15 PM:

Rob

Agreed.

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