The unit I have has worked without problems from day one.
Gary A. Clark
Systems Software Manager
Software Services Group
JELD-WEN Information Systems
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon, Douglas [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 6:00 AM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Graffiti recognition on IIIc
>
> I got my IIIc thru the devel program yesterday and so far it is a MAJOR
> disappointment. Mainly, it is impossible to use graffiti on it. Screen
> taps
> also have to be done much more forcefully than on my IIIx, but the
> graffiti
> situation right now makes it pretty much useless.
>
> Bringing up the graffiti learning app, I can see that it just plain misses
> much of my strokes if I make them even slightly fast. A good circle is
> seen
> as a very squashed oval as though it missed a whole section of the curve
> and
> interpolated it as a straight line instead. I do the stroke for an "F" and
> it completely misses the vertical part. Only by bearing down and doing it
> VERY slowly can I get it to work. I have turned off all hacks, etc., just
> in
> case they're part of the problem.
>
> I have heard of this problem on newsgroups, so first thing today I'm
> calling
> Palm and doing an exchange on the unit (tech support did not seem at all
> surprised by my complaint). However, I'm wondering how much of this is
> specific to certain units (perhaps a QC issue) and how much is inherent in
> the IIIc design. The Palm IIIc CPU is still very slow compared to most
> color
> WinCE units -- I wonder if there just isn't enough horsepower to do
> digitizer sampling at a high enough rate, etc. If the replacement unit
> still
> has problems like this, I'm going to be asking for a refund.
>
> Doug Gordon
>
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