More than a decade after the Newton and 15 years after the DOS-based GRiDPad, handwriting recognition remains slower and less accurate than typing, active digitizers remain expensive, and marketers remain misled about the sketchy demand for pen computers.

ENGADGET: Switched On: Time to write off pen computing

Indeed, in the graveyard of failed technology products, the pen computing section is overrun with tombstones - GRiDPad, Zoomer, PenWindows, Momenta, CreuisePAD, Newton, Envoy, Marco, Magic Link, EO, Avigo, Clie, CrossPad, TransNote, Clio, Qbe, Audrey, and Smart Display, to name a few.

ENGADGET: Switched On: Time to write off pen computing