Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Bring Back the Stylus!

The stylus was one of the reasons Jobs killed the Newton, Apple?s 1990s-era mobile personal assistant. It was also one of the reasons he decided to build the iPhone and the iPad. A decade ago, when Microsoft was pushing its vision for tablet machines, Jobs considered Bill Gates? love of the stylus a key vulnerability. ?As soon as you have a stylus, you?re dead,? he said. In 2002, after hearing a description of Microsoft?s tablet, Jobs marched into his office and issued an order: ?I want to make a tablet, and it can?t have a keyboard or stylus,? he said. ?So could you guys come up with a multi-touch, touch-sensitive display for me??

Source: http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=3bd1be9ced44c523dd02d0d0b0ac9e75

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