SEE: The CIO's guide to quantum computing (free PDF) (TechRepublic)īut the switch from digital pens that don't need batteries because they write by interfering with the magnetic field emitted by sensors behind the screen (electro-magnetic resonance) to active digital pens that need power to transmit their position to the grid of sensors (electrostatic transmission) meant thinking not just about storing the pen but charging it. And with the push to create thinner devices with longer battery life, device makers haven't wanted to sacrifice even a small amount of space for a pen well that would store the pen inside the device. With the rise of touch screens, digital pens have become much more a secondary form of input relegated to drawing and writing. When Tablet PCs were first introduced in the early 2000s, they didn't have touch screens (the first combination pen and touch PCs came from vendors like Dell to coincide with the launch of Windows 7), so losing the pen meant you had to resort to a keyboard.
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