Thread: It's not a real touch-screen
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Old 10-17-2008, 04:13 PM   #17
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If the display doesn't really produce a 100% accurate positioning of the pen on the touchscreen,that could be a calibration issue,or in worst case a driver issue.
Nope, it sounds like it is definitely a hardware issue. Sony in my opinion simply chose an outdated solution from the start.

Sony needs to integrate features and content much better then this if they care to make E-Ink devices more popular.

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1- It needs a handwriting recognition dictionary inside,
I don't think that the handwriting recognition inside is necessary. I just want handwriting which I can recognize and perhaps others with whome I would be collaborating on annotating text for example. (the student being able to read the teachers annotations for example)

Basically, it should save handwritten annotations as kind of image files or as a new separate PDF document or something like that.

You can do handwriting recognition online using the wireless signal to upload the handwriting to a server on the cloud that does extensive advanced personalized handwriting recognition and immediately pings back recognized text wirelessly if needed. Or some software on your PC can do that recognition.

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2- With a screen refresh rate of 0,8 fps you will most likely have written 2-3 letters before you can see whether or the system recognized the first letters or not.
Nah, check the 3 year old iRex Illiad technology. Handwriting is awesomely smooth. Sure there is a small delay before it displays your handwriting on the screen, but it does not need to refresh the whole page to do that.


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If the device supports 8000 pageswaps per battery charge, (...)

The 700 without the LED's on might last longer than the 505 in battery life.
The PRS-700 touch screen probably uses a bunch of energy. So if you use it to flip pages, its battery life is probably not going to be great.

Anyways, I think the PRS-700 looks like a miss from Sony. I am sure Amazon will be announcing the Kindle 2 for Christmas, thus it could be any day now.

Though if Amazon skips this Christmas season for Kindle 2, I am sure there are going to be a whole range of options, the cheap one (perhaps even without memory card storage), and they should do a one with a real touch-screen Wacom style especially well suited for the students and profetionnals market.
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