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Originally Posted by Harmon
Do students handwrite notes these days? Or do they type them? And doesn't the Kindle allow typewritten notes?
I think that note taking functionality is just a matter of programming for the soft keyboard.
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Typed is an extremely long way from being viable for classes involving non-ascii characters and diagrams. Every student has to take at least *some* classes like that in the US. I don't know how it is in humanities subjects, but in Maths classes, I've not had a single student who types their notes.
There's also the issue of whether these onscreen keyboards are responsive enough to cope with high speed touchtyping and, even if they are, whether that's sufficiently comfortable. I have my doubts.