• Donebrach@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The newton comes to mind, a hand held touch screen device that was launched a decade before the palm pilot fulfilling no use and being extremely expensive. Flash forward 30 years and everyone has a touch screen mobile computer in their pocket, but the newton was a complete failure.

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      4 months ago

      I did not know that existed! Wiki link for those interested.

      Apparently the recognition of handwriting was quite bad. I wonder how many still exist