On Monday, June 3, 2002, 1:01:37 AM, Freeman wrote: FP> The CrossPad does not support erasing notes. This is a show FP> stopper for me - I'm not at perfect note taker and I tend to need FP> my erasers :-) Ah, I missed this earlier. I've got a CrossPad; wonderful little things, and you can still find them for about $100 on eBay (less for the larger, 8x11" pad ones). The problem is that they're 100% for offline note-taking. There's no way to manipulate the notes on the device: it really is a "digital notepad." Functions like like a pad of paper does, can't do anything else. I've been trying to get a dialog going with InMotion, the makers of the E-Pen, which is a USB or serial pen transmitter/receiver device, to see about producing a basic Linux driver for it. All their (impressive-sounding) gesture/handwriting/notes software is for Windows. http://www.e-pen.com/ You clip the receiver onto your pad, and you've got real-time transmission of your pen strokes to your PC or handheld. Sometimes they're quick to respond, sometimes they seem to miss my emails, so it's been slow, but I've been looking at this device for exactly the same reasons you want, Freeman. FP> IBM use to make the ThinkPad Transnote - a P3 based notebook FP> mounted within a portfolio package with a CrossPad like pad FP> attached. Tiger Direct has them for $699 with Intel Pentium III FP> 600MHz, 10GB, 64MB, 10.4" display, Windows 2000 Pro, and a FP> right-handed notebook This is a neat little unit, too. Pity the battery life stinks (2hrs). I'd rather have my Crusoe notebook and an E-Pen. :) Incidentally, Tiger also has stock of the left-handed model for $899. Thanks, --Vito -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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