The New Pen and Paper
The new pen and paper is a bit thicker than your old one, but it has more functionality.
The NoteSlate is a new tablet
that should be arriving in the summer. This tablet has not had as much advertisement
as the iPad or other such devices, meaning that it is still a reasonably small
amount of people who know about the device.
This device will be 9mm thick,
0.2mm thicker than the iPad 2. This means that it will be incredibly
lightweight, perfect for taking to school or to work.
As this device is supposed to re-enact
the feel of pen and paper, it has a 1bit display. This means that there is
black and white, black for the pen, and white for the screen. Since this
product is not yet selling, I can only go by the information that has been
given out by the website. The screen is very low tech, giving the device a
supposed 180 hours of battery life, which would be an incredible feat. Even if
the device had 24 hours battery life, then it would be well worth a quick look
by parents looking to buy books for their child.
The screen is important; another
important factor is the processor. It has a 233 MHz ARM chip, which will either
make the device painfully slow, or will be enough to power this simple device
to make the experience beautiful (I hope it is the latter).
The NoteSlate will have several
input and output devices, such as a full USB port and a 3.5mm headphone jack,
along with an SD card slot (4gb will hold around 70000 pages).
