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Old 10-03-2004, 09:24 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Francesco
I can't believe it works. How accurate is it?
I wonder the same thing. The specs claim "Resolution: 100 DPI". Not sure what that would mean in terms of small handwriting or detailed drawings. All the sample pictures are large and sweeping.

I also didn't see any retailers close to me. They have Office Depot, but only in Canada. That's the sort of thing I'd prefer to buy locally for easy return if it didn't work. I'm not sure I'd really use one if I had it. I think it would be just a bit too geeky for me to take that into a meeting. Instead, if I ever get a PDA with a camera, couldn't I just take a picture of the paper and accomplish the same thing?

I agree it would be pretty awesome if that functionality could be built into a PDA.

Tablet PCs seem to be the future for me. But do they make screen protectors for them? On my pda or laptop, if I touch the screen it starts to get grimy. With a PDA screen protector, I can use my fingers on the screen and it doesn't seem to pick up grime. That would make a tablet pc much more appealing to me because I wouldn't have to worry about getting the bottom of my hand all over the screen when I write (which is what I do on paper.)

Then I could start thinking about a scanner and going paperless. I've got lots of files of paper at the office that are mostly just for reference. Lots of handwritten pages and copies of tech articles as well as many MS Office and Lotus notes documents generated by others I work with. If the scans were halfway decent (to allow me to mark up and pass on to a coworker without embarrassement), I'd love to go paperless.

But the other problem (above and beyond the time to scan them all) is that keeping documents electronically probably requires a lot of disk and backup systems for large amounts of data don't seem to be cheap and convenient. Hmm.. wonder if writable DVDs would be adequate for document accumulations in electronic form?

Anyone else have any thoughts about what it would take to go paperless without regrets?

The questions I keep wondering about are things like... Is it ever going to be practical? Does it require "perfect" electronic paper with touch sensitive displays? Does something like that need to be built into our desk surfaces? What about scanning technology and storage issues?
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