[learc83]

I would rather use this on an $80 android tablet than a $500 iPad. I'd be a lot more likely to take it with me everywhere if dropping it wasn't so costly.

Come to think of it, I'd rather use an android with a custom ROM that turned it into dedicated writing/drawing device.

Edit: watching this video also made me think of how much better math textbooks could be on dedicated writing tablets.

I'm going back to school to finish up a math degree, so I've recently been reading a lot of math textbooks. An interactive version on a dedicated tablet would be amazing.

Think about it--animated examples, working out problems right there on the page, writing a function and then tapping it to automatically graph it.

[stephengillie]

You would be more impressed by a Wacom penabled tablet or phone, like the Galaxy Note.

My Wacom penabled tablet/laptop convertible PC was invaluable at taking calculus and economics notes in Word 2007 - You can type all the text, then pick up the stylus and draw formulas, graphs, and symbols where you want.

It was such a powerful use-case for me that I don't understand why nobody has copied it yet.

[tikhonj]

Off topic, but you could have done your notes in LaTeX as well. In fact, in my experience, using TeX for math formulas (I did a semester's worth of calculus notes in LaTeX) is actually faster than writing them out by hand (\unless I give up on trying to make the result readable at all, and maybe even then.

Admittedly, graphs and illustrations were an issue. In fact, I basically didn't bother with either. But just for text and math notation, LaTeX was awesome.

[majormajor]

I took my math and CS notes in LaTeX because I hated writing and wanted everything together in files that I had source control on, but I definitely didn't find it faster to type in the equations than write them out by hand, even with a fair bit of practice at Emacs keyboard shortcuts for common stuff.

[slantyyz]

Are they lag free? The video I saw of the Galaxy Note's sketch/note app showed lag.