I was stricken by a cold realization this morning. Mid-tablet-rumor-euphoria, mid-schadenfreude (look it up.) This mythical tablet isn’t what I’ve been waiting for at all.
What I’ve been waiting for is handwriting recognition, duh, not more fucking Touch.
Which isn’t to say I don’t worship at the tiny touch screen of my iPhone, for I do. That fucker is a whole little computer, is what it is, and jailbreaking so as to reveal more of its inner workings was my very first move.
Yet the surface has barely been scratched. You can sense it at startup, I’m a whole fucking little computer in here, and then Apple muzzles it so your average consumer doesn’t screw it up. I wonder, though. I wonder how many iPhones are not jailbroken, since it is a well known fact that Mac users cannot, by nature, leave well enough alone. And never RTFM (we take an oath.) If there’s a way to fiddle with and improve the OS, we will find it.
The Apple tablet will of course be the most exciting since Moses lugged those terribly unwieldy stones down the mountain. How primitive. No wifi, crumbly, heavy. Did those tablets bestow a childlike sense of wonder? I think not.
I do love my iPhone. Hell, Ocarina alone was worth the price. That and Uno, though I suspect that deck is stacked. I win too often. Which is fine by me, that snotty Angie, I know she conspires with the other two.
So. Whatever Steve announces in January (and for God’s sake, announce something this time) it won’t be quite what I want. Since once Steve kills something (handwriting recognition) word has it, it stays dead. What I want is an updated Newton. No, what I really want someone to come here and write my book for me.
No, what I really want is that you all have a great and happy New Year, I really do!
with thanks to Our Dear Leader
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Oddly, you probably want to hope Microsoft comes out with a version of OneNote for OSX then.
See: http://lifehacker.com/5042429/microsoft-onenote-is-a-note+taking-power-tool
Though, honestly, I’m not sure if I’d be more surprised if Jobs included handwriting recognition baked in or if he missed it altogether. Will his “I know best!” or “This is shiny, add it” attitude win the day?
I’m just impressed with your technological savvy in general! And that looks like a very cool tool.