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Re:A rising sentiment that IBM’s Watson can’t deliver on its... by protomyth on Friday August 11, 2017 @10:29AM (#14989975)
It wouldn't have been the primary. The Newton had an on screen keyboard like products today. Innovation is only innovation if it works, and the Newton had a lot of amazing things going on, some of which the iPhone doesn't even attempt. The emphasis on handwriting recognition killed the product (along with a healthy does of hatred from Steve Jobs).
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Re:A rising sentiment that IBM’s Watson can’t deliver on its... by Angostura on Friday August 11, 2017 @05:35PM (#14994514)
It really didn't kill the product - Jobs did. Yes, the Newton OS had some great stuff in it - I loved the soup model, but in terms of a newspaper or billboard ad? The handwriting was a no-brainer. Yes it was mocked - in much the same way that Siri is mocked today, but with small adjustyto your native handwriting written input became fast Nd accurate
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Re:A rising sentiment that IBM’s Watson can’t deliver on its... by protomyth on Saturday August 12, 2017 @05:21PM (#15000037)
It was mocked before on national tv when national tv was still a thing. It killed any hope for that product. It was mocked on tv, comics, and everyone who did a review. Heck, the Simpsons mocked it long after. It had plenty of billboard quality features (the intelligent stuff was practically built for ads) much more than its simpler, limited competition.
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