He predicted that "ink as a data type" and voice and video recognition will "come into play" in the future. Microsoft also plans to heavily focus on new ways to interact with PCs, as it has with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
Testers will be able to take advantage of new digital ink capabilities that allow users to write on screens using a stylus device. The support is available in portables running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
The tablet PCs run on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, designed by Microsoft to handle pen input. A report issued on Wednesday by Gartner Dataquest predicts the machines, based on a new version of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, will account...
Microsoft is also doing away with the notion of Media Center and Tablet PC as distinct flavours of the operating system, as was the case with Windows XP. Tablet PC functions will also be included in Vista Business and Vista Enterprise.
Toshiba, Acer, Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard are scheduled to release devices based on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition on 7 November. The Toshiba tablet is one of a number of new portable computers that use a specialised version of Microsoft's Windows...
The initial devices run the Tablet PC edition of Windows XP, along with the "Touch Pack", which includes new software for playing back media, as well as a "program launcher" that makes it easier to find and run programs stored on the device.