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		Lammy 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: iPhone 2005 weird "Blob Keyboard" simulat... > The initial idea (2004-2005) was to build a Mac tablet computer based on touch screens. There was lots of speculation about this starting in 2002 when “Inkwell” handwriting recognition showed up in Mac OS X Jagwire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkwell_(Macintosh) https://www.macworld.com/article/155597/wacom.html https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mac-os-x/0596004605/ch0... And related patent filings go as far back as 2000: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7564995B1/en

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