Palm will switch to easier handwriting recognition
I still hadn't mastered that awful handwriting recognition system on my Sony Clie running Palm OS...in fact I was having problems writing the letter "y" just yesterday. So I was thrilled to read this Forbes story (thanks to Silicon Alley Reporter) that Palm will soon start to use a more natural and easier to learn system.
The company on Monday set plans to build new handwriting recognition technology, which lets users enter data by writing alphabet-like symbols on the screen, into its its software, spurred by a long-standing patent infringement legal battle with office equipment maker Xerox Corp. (nyse: XRX - news - people)
PalmSource, the software arm of dominant handheld computer maker Palm, said it signed an agreement with Communication Intelligence Corp. (nasdaq: CICI - news - people), to license CIC's "Jot" handwriting recognition software, and embed it in its Palm OS operating system. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.