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Nokia Smart Phone Recognizes Handwriting
San writes "Nokia on Tuesday announced it plans to start selling a new smart phone capable of handwriting recognition.
The 7710 model features a touch screen, pen input, a digital camera, an Internet browser, a radio, video playback and streaming and recording capabilities, the company said."
it looks terrible, if i wanted something clunky like that i would buy a RIM
SonyEriccson are still the leaders in design its just a shame Nokia couldnt take a few pointers from them and make something nice and functional like the p910i from SE (has handwriting recog already)
Gee, sounds like an iPod killer!
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
can but recognize it properly grammars?
(right after I previewed this, Timothy apparently caught it, but the title read "Nokia Smart Phone Recognize Handwriting").
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When using something outside, in the cold, I can't see my handwriting being steady enough for it to read due to shivering or wearing gloves.
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No Wi-Fi mentioned in the specs. Is there any technical reason Wi Fi can't be integrated into a cell? Is it a conflict of frequencies?
My old Motorola A008 did this years ago.
Hmm, I guess they don't count Jot as handwriting, which is at least on the Sony Ericssons for a while. It's close enough that it tends to "just work". And it's probably more reliable than handwriting recognition. I mean, even as a human I can't decode most peoples handwriting :)
That said, being a true IT person, I got a P910i with a keyboard, since I can't remember how handwriting was supposed to work, anyway...
Why would you want to write messages when you can simply speak them?
Disclaimer: I work for a company, but I don't speak for them.
I think it will become clear that the approach of "put everything in a phone" will be doomed.
Yes, I'm guilty of buying a too expensive phone that has everything but the kitchen sink. What do I do with the phone? Well... just calling people.
I've only once used the camera. I've once downloaded a java game (and played it). I've looked at the calender functions but never seem to use them. Yes, I do in fact enjoy a nice ringtone, but hate the whole WAP thing.
Other people I speak have the same experience - we only use the phone-functionality. Everything else is a waste of money. One thing is for sure, I'll never buy an expensive phone with bells and whistles again.
I appreciate the fact that companies like Nokia, Ericson, Motorola and Siemens are looking for ways to get more marketshare. But really... aside from better looks and lighter weight the customer doesn't seem to benefit and will eventually realise that.
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It was supposed to come out last summer, but since the phone was so ugly, they decided to postpone it. Now they changed the form factor a bit and from the picture they have in the article, it looks better. I wonder if they've got rid of side-talking. Nice features though: big screen with VGA resolution, Opera browser, video and audio playback, text processing and spreadsheets (not sure about the latter though), touch screen etc etc Cannot say that hand writing is any better than just "pressing" the buttons on the screen, as you have to write only a single letter at one time and pattern recoginition is far from perfect. But it is a nice feature nonetheless.
I am looking for a smart phone that syncronizes well calender programs for my Linux box. Is Treo 600 the only option, or are there others?.
I hope, that it is not as bad as Graffiti 2.
...including the usual FUD can be found at the Nokia homepage.
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i've had an SE P800, a P900 and am now using a Nokia 7610. All run Symbian OS, but the Nokia's *way* better to use. It may look odd, but it does the business with much less mither. One thing they're good at is usability.
I've been waiting for someone/something that can recognise my handwriting. I know I gave up years ago.
it does do wifi.
you can cram anything into a cellphone, but past a certain point it's not going to fit in your pocket very easily
I'm currently after a new mobile. All it needs to be able to do is: take an already-connected SIM card; send and receive SMS messages, allowing me to type one letter at a time without an annoying predictive dictionary; answer and make voice calls; and connect to a USB port on a laptop running Linux, in order to go on the internet. I specifically do not need, and would be prepared to forego for the sake of cutting costs: polyphonic ring tones, a camera, a high-res colour display, downloadable Java games, multimedia player or PDA functionality.
My ancient Nokia 3210 fulfils all but the data criterion, but its battery is getting lazy and doesn't hold a charge as long as it used to -- sometimes conking out in the middle of the first call.
(and just in case anyone doesn't know how to determine what country somebody is in from their e-mail address, I'm in the UK; so it's got to be available in the UK.)
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An amazing 30 minutes of battery life.
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Wow! It sounds like an O2 XDAII, except with a Nokia badge on it.
"Yep, that's handwriting. I have no idea what it says, though."
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...make phone calls. Nokia has commented that due to the current feature set, the telephony features have been removed. This feature will be implemented in their newly announced line of Laptops.
Nokia has a way of hiding interesting future information in press releases under phone releases. Check out this press release from series60.com which is also available directly from Nokia and in some of the press coverage. It basically says that, Series 60 will have higher resolutions, pen and keyboard input and a lot more in the near future.
Also in the press coverage is a neat little snipped about testing the new 3220 Near Field Communications shells as contactless public transport tickets in Germany. That would be a great improvement over the current state of the art which is at least here in Finland is text message single trip tickets, which are handy, but hard to check quickly and probably crackable in the long run.
Now there is a device that can tell me what I wrote cause god knows I can't read it.
My p800 have been doing that for quite a while now :/ ...
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I can't even recognize my own handwriting, maybe this is the device I need to figure out what I actually wrote.
it just chooses to ignore it.
I saw it comming years ago. Did you?
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A combination of
1. the epoc operating system
2. handwriting recognition style software on the iPaq WinCE or handwriting recognition software for iPaqLinux.com
3. moore's law reducing the size of hardware
Does it go on forever?
Can I get a phone that is just a phone please? Or a phone that excels in phone-based things? I've yet to see a cell phone that lets me block numbers at the phone level, rather than PAYING to have a number blocked with the service provider. No I don't want a crappy digital camera on my phone. No I don't want a crappy music player on my phone. No I don't want a crappy web browser on my phone. I WANT A PHONE THAT IS A PHONE. Jesus christ.
...in favour of "Handwritting"
I, for one, cannot wayte.
Backward%20compatibility%20is%20over-rated
The feature-creep that our phones are experiencing is a distraction from what we really want... phones that work well.
Someday a real rain is gonna come...
I can't even recognize my own signiture on visa/atm machines in stores. The digital touchscreens just don't have the texture, resolution, and responsiveness needed to properly write on them. Are the screens like this phone much better?
The asian models 6108 and 3108 also have handwriting recognition, and they have been out for quite some time now.
:-)
It recognises latin alphabet too, but naturally it's primary use is for chinese letters, etc.
Much slower than tapping the keys, I can tell you.. I tried one back when they were new.
http://www.nokia-asia.com/nokia/0,,61400,00.html
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The one time I tried the HW reckognition on the i910 it did not work well enough to impress me. Having somebody test it who's handwriting (unlike mine) is more than just marginally legable didn't help either.
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I dunno about you, but phones (cellular, cordless, and home) seem to have really gone down in audio quality, at least from the microphone end. I don't know if it's because there's only a tiny hole somewhere up by your cheek with a 12 cent asstastic piezo mic... but while call quality may be on the rise, phone mic quality seems to be in the shitter.
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lots of features are great but are there no longer people who want a phone that is just a phone... i long for the days where a cells screen displayed 1 line of text and was a pocket calculator style lcd... who's with me!... nobody? thats ok
Get your torrents...
... and I know that Trolltech has announced Qtopia Phone edition just recently.
However, the article claims that it runs on Symbian, not Linux.
I've been using a Sony Ericsson P800 for almost two years now. It has handwriting recognition and can do pretty much everything else the submitter raves about. It's been succeeded by the P900 which is a lot better still, although I'm still very pleased with my P800. I would recommend the line to anyone.
This is lame, this isn't even interesting, I assume slashdot is being paid for this product placement? I've a mind to join these people and find a site that has actual news, instead of this crappy engadget clone that slashdot has now become.
How about a phone that gets better reception?
Where do you live?
Sounds like you could do with a better transmitter.
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Nokia announced in June that Series 60 will feature SVG UI and viewer support.
Nokia rocks!!
I just hope the handwriting recognition is as good as the Newtons.
From what I understand, Wi-Fi requires considerably more power than Bluetooth, and this might be a reason for phone manufacturers to go for BT instead.
I wonder if the Bluetooth connection can be used as an Internet link instead of GPRS...
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A phone needs to fit into your pocket and it looks like this doesn't. I can't imagine anyone going to the pub with this thing in their trouser pocket (will spare you the obvious pun).
Anyone who buys this will only use it as a PDA and have a normal mobile to make calls.
watch (digi) TV on it. With a addon but anyway.
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