Until it makes a comeback, which I expect to happen in a couple of years when people realize that a _combination_ of fingers and stylus is the best approach for a lot of things.
Take a look at this amazing Courier concept from Microsoft (watch the videos)...very stylus-centric and way more appealing to me than the iPad: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/microsofts-courier-digital-journal-exclusive-pictures-and-de/ On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:11 PM, ldouglas <[email protected]> wrote: > Not a big surprise, but still interesting. Does this mean that the > stylus is dead? > > --- > Microsoft talks Windows Phone 7 Series development ahead of GDC: > Silverlight, XNA, and no backward compatibility -- Engadget > ---- > http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/microsoft-talks-windows-phone-7-series-development-ahead-of-gdc/ > > or > > http://preview.tinyurl.com/y9sh7vx > > --- > "One final note at today`s event is that Microsoft has now officially > confirmed for the first time that 7 represents a clean break from > Windows Mobile as we know it today; existing apps won`t be compatible. > Though that`s likely to be a pain for existing owners with specialized > apps who are looking to stay in the Microsoft ecosystem, Windows Phone > 7 Series itself is a very different beast than the operating system it > replaces -- it feels different, seeks a different demographic, and > symbolically represents a very important clean-slate departure for a > company that had lost its way in the mobile space. " > --- > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
