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> A sidebar on Wacom’s ArtPad, from 1995—“If you’ve ever sketched with a pencil, you’ll be able to use ArtPad”—made me wonder why it took Apple so long to roll
by CobrastanJorji 10y ago
> A sidebar on Wacom’s ArtPad, from 1995—“If you’ve ever sketched with a pencil, you’ll be able to use ArtPad”—made me wonder why it took Apple so long to roll out its Pencil stylus for the iPad.
Because in 1995, the handwriting recognition of the Apple Newton was so bad that it was a Simpsons joke.
- ScottBurson 10y agoI don't think the author is talking about the Newton. I think she's pointing out that the iPad was out for years before Apple released a stylus for it. -- Which I think was because His Steveness hated styli. I guess this was because, back in the days of the Palm PDAs, people tended to lose them -- though I never had this problem.