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Could a Pen Replace the Keyboard?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-the-hell-not dept.

theluckman writes "Reuters has this story on how new devices like "digital pens" could possibly replace keyboards as primary data entry devices. Maybe so, but I would need my pen to make cool clicking sounds."

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  1. Re:not for me! by carlos_benj · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, then you'll want our new digital pen with a full QWERTY keyboard embedded in the clip.

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    As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.

  2. Re:not for me! by Sarin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yup. The article primarely mentions about mobile devices like palmtops and mobile phones.

    Well you must have a surface to write on, I don't want to carry a hell-of-a-large mobile phone with me, so I imagine you could also write on a table or whatever, most of the time I don't have a flat surface closeby when I need to put something in my phone, so that's not really handy.

    With palmtops, I thought most of them already had this feature.

    To replace a regular keyboard/mouse combo sounds quite stupid: I can't imagine writing myself a "4" everytime I want to switch to a rocket-launcher.

  3. Re:not for me! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And I couldn't imagine trying to write code with a pen!

    I wrote out a few pages of code at a job interview, and it was agonizing. Even now, months later, I can't masturbate.

  4. Re:Agreed - handwriting is out. by Nightpaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell, my hand cramps up when I'm writing a check. Thank God I can pay most bills on the web.

  5. First Scribble! by Shaper+of+Myths · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn I missed it. Now if only I had a keyboard...

  6. trained chickens. by simetra · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're really unable to use a keyboard, train your chicken to peck out the letters for you.

    Chances are, if you're unable to use a keyboard, you're unable to use a silly pen.

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  7. Doh by shaunak · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Maybe so, but I would need my pen to make cool clicking sounds"

    Pens (specifically ball point pens) have been doing that for years.
    But I guess you need to know how to write to use them ... too bad for you ...

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  8. Re:not for me! by OSSTwitSpotter · · Score: 1, Funny
    and have the pen bebug as you write? That would be handy."

    Just bebugging your comment.

  9. Re:not for me! by Gehenna_Gehenna · · Score: 3, Funny

    I couldn't hang. I can't write W S A or D fast enough to avid getting fragged.

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  10. Re:Agreed - handwriting is out. by dangermouse · · Score: 2, Funny
    My hand cramps when I'm writing a check and when I'm paying bills on the web.

    I think it's psychosomatic.

  11. Re:not for me! by theCoder · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's all well and good until your writing a paper about Monopoly:

    "Bob landed on the chance square and drew a card that said move back 3 spaces."

    comes out

    "Bob landed on the chance square and drew a card spaces. Aw, crap, stupid voice recognition softare! ARGH! Stop that!"

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