:: Scribble Pad ::
Back in the late 90's, in our inventor's club outside of Motorola, myself, Dave and Barry worked on the idea of a scribble pad - a kind of mobile shared whiteboard. The idea really sprang from watching people doodle whilst on the phone, so it seemed natural that they might want to share doodles or use them to augment the conversation. Moving to today, we have the forthcoming Bluetooth pens that have all kinds of applications, including text entry. Dave was sufficiently excited, that he did a bit of personal research on who's doing what:
Basically there are two pen technologies out there, Anoto of Sweden and OTM of Israel.
Anoto is the basis of the Nokia, Ericsson and Logitech pens. It was there first, but requires special paper to write on. The Logitech pen was first, but had no Bluetooth. So -- to use this I have to carry pen, PDA, pad (possibly with a wipeable surface -- but that damages Anoto's business model). I have to dig out my pad to write a message to get it into my PDA -- HUH !? The Logitech IO was £200.
The OTM approach is much more interesting. They use a bunch of lasers to get 3-D tracking on any surface by using doppler shift. So it works on paper, tablecloths, skin ! 3-D means it can tell when the pen is lifted from the surface. A bit later to market, but much more synergistic with BT/PDA/Mobiles. The Siemens ChatPen is based on the OTM, but apparently has to be tethered ??? Allegedly Motorola is developing an OTM-based solution -- way to go Mot !!
Pre-Order a Vpen:
OTM:
Guardian Review:
ZDNet article:
InfoSync article:
[Note: Dave not talking on behalf of Motorola]
1:44:30 PM 
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