Tablet PCs and Ink-Enabled Applications

I had a chance to meet with Frank Gocinski who is the Business Development Manager for Microsoft's Mobile Platforms and Michelle McKelvey (a Technology Evangelist) while at the DevConnections conference in Orlando this week.  We talked about some of the different ways to capture "ink" on Tablet PCs...something I haven't played around with to this point.  Julia Lerman (one of my good buddies who also spoke at the conference and introduced me to Frank) wrote an article for CoDe Magazine about ink-enabling Web applications (that issue has several other articles on Table PCs and ink as well) that was really good.  Since I don't have a tablet PC I've never been overly excited about ink-enabled applications but after talking with Julia, Frank, Michelle and some others my mind started racing....and I see the light. :-)  I used to work for a start-up company that built dynamic forms that could capture signatures and Tablet PCs are perfect for that type of activity and the other uses (business and pleasure) are virtually unlimited.

If you're interested in learning more about ink-enabling applications for Tablet PC check out the online labs that Microsoft has or read the issue of CoDe Magazine that focuses specifically on that topic.  I personally find the whole concept very interesting and will be exploring it more in the near future.

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