HWPen 1.0 Beta: Handwriting Recognition Software for iPhone
Apple iPhone School gets the hands-on “HWPen 1.0”, an handwriting recognition software for iPhone. Once you have it installed…wherever you bring up a keyboard on your iPhone, you will symbol in the lower left corner of the keyboard. If you tap on it, you will get the Handwriting Recognition “keyboard.” When the keyboard first comes up, you will get an area divided into four squares and a white space. This area is for writing symbols. However, if you tap on the blue arrow you will get a full keyboard area.
Now, you can select either ABC or 123 on the right side depending on what you want to type. I have found that the number recognition works great, even with numbers that are more than one digit. The letter recognition is a little trickier. There is no option to switch between capitol and lowercase letters so, it can be tricky making it recognize the difference. And, it pretty much doesn’t recognize if you write an entire word. It will recognize small two letter words but, that is about it. Single letters yes, two letter words sometimes, full words no!
Source:→ CyberNet
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Having used mac computers I tried an iphone and have been so disappointed that I have gone back to my hp6515 that runs windows mobile 2003. if you look up the functions that the old 6515 has that the iphone doesn't you may understand why. The iphone has all the hardware that is required to make a wonderful device but is let down by the software. The letter recognition is great after writing in two letters, or however the user wishes to specify, a list of suggested completed words come up that can be selected. The 6515 supports full tom-tom GPS with turn by turn voice directions. How the iphone can be released without cut & paste is unbelievable. The search function is also terrible. The search on the 6515 searches all areas of storage, files, contacts, calender, email and quicker than the basic contact search in the iphone.
It is a shame that Apple seem to have gone down Microsoft's path of using advertising to sell their product and not innovation and high class products.
There are numerous other useful functions in the 6515 that should be standard in any modern device of this type.