http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/oh I love Graffiti!! I wish Palm included this input method with its WebOS phones. It is not limited to stylus input, I mostly used my finger.

*engadget, you misspelt "our".]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
I still think it took less time to get actual work done on Palm OS3 than it does today on an iPhone, WM, Android, or anything else. Things of course are fancier now, but for basic PIM stuff like writing down an appointment or jotting a note, you never had to wait for the device to catch up with you back then.]]>Jul 16th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
Yeah, and those '90s Palm OS devices could do crazily advanced things that the iPhone still can't. You know, like syncing third-party applications' data with apps on the computer. And the built-in memo and to-do list apps had CATEGORIES! Oh wait, let's just start with the fact that there WAS a to-do list app.

Too bad Apple's giving up on legitimate computing and making devices that serve as valuable tools, in favor of making gimmicky toy devices that show things but don't let you DO things.]]>Jul 16th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
I remember in the old PDA days being able to enter a contacts birthday and anniversary and it would automatically put the date in your calendar.

Ahhh, the days before smartphones were used or fart apps...]]>Jul 17th 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/how bout you actually use is before criticizing it
]]>Jul 16th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
Don't underestimate Graffiti. It's an awesome system and far faster than typing when you got used to it.

It also killed the Newton but that's another story.]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
swype is especially fast for long words, because there is only one possibility in the dictionary that is a close match when you go all over the keyboard... smaller words, like "three" are harder because you have to be very precise or it chooses "the" or "thee" or "there" if you don't swype it just right...]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
I sometimes used Graffiti in college to take class notes and so far I haven't forgotten too much. I like the swype keyboard but find it to be more of a novelty. I find that i have to spell the word out in my head while Im swyping and it actually makes me slower than typing in individual characters.

I'm giving Graffiti a try, if for nothing else the nostalgia is FTW.]]>Jul 16th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
-Kip Dynamite]]>Jul 16th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Now do it while not looking at the keyboard... ]]>Jul 16th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Todays virtual keyboards are undoubtedly better because of multi-touch and resistive screen technologies. But back in the day (10+ years ago) ago virtual keyboards on Palm OS and Windows Mobile (the only significant touchscreen mobile operating systems around then) were horrible afterthoughts. So graffiti WAS the best text input and was better than the attempt at handwriting recognition on Apple's Newton (not slagging the Newton - it was a key piece of the PDAs evolution).

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This is the app your thinking of:

http://gesturesearch.googlelabs.com/]]>Jul 16th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
"You're"]]>Jul 16th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
it was either this or another reminder for Apple press conference today at 1pm est. which one you want? let engadget know!]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
Tool. ]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
from *our* youth]]>Jul 16th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
http://www.professorhobo.com/2010/07/16/new-car]]>Jul 16th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
Now I've got to go dig up the Newton and play with it. Nothing like playing with a 15-year-old PDA.]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
And ironically, the only company taking that seriously is Microsoft, with their forthcoming devices that may well fire a broadside across all other players, from Apple to Google to H(P)alm to Samsung.

Etc.]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
Point taken about the poor quality of flashlight code though!]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 17th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
Yea, the Palm V and later the Palm 505 kicked ass!]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
maybe they did it just so they could say they did it.]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/
Just kidding, I use to use it on my Palm IIIc. And, I spoke disparagingly of those pussies who had a virtual keyboard on their new Compaq ipaqs. ]]>Jul 16th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/graffiti-for-android-scribbles-palm-os-memories-all-over-google/Jul 16th 2010 10:43AM