Word: styluses
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Republicans are up in arms over this tactic, arguing there is no logical connection between a slight ballot depression and voter intent. What if, they demand, a voter who is pondering his or her choice between Al Gore and George W. Bush rests the stylus on the Democrats' chad for a moment and then decides to forgo the vote altogether? Should that hesitation really be counted as a vote...
...recount because of a "computer glitch." We see electors holding ballots up to the light, attempting to channel the voter who may or may not have meant to punch all the way through the flimsy card. We are told of "hanging chads," pieces of the ballot where the stylus should have punched all the way through and detached a small round confetti-like piece of paper, but instead leave the piece hanging by a cellulose thread. These chads, among other problems with the paper ballots, cause vote counting machines to have, by one estimate, margins of error at about...
...enough stylish touches to make what few functions it delivers feel like luxury. Not only can you type e-mail on its petite, wireless keyboard, but you can also send a voice message or scribble a note directly on its 8-in., touch-sensitive screen using the glowing Plexiglas stylus. A blinking green light alerts you to new e-mail even when Audrey is turned off. To get the news, you simply turn a knob in front to flip through any of nine "channels" featuring customized Web content from sites such as ABCNews, ESPN, Mr. Showbiz and my favorite, AccuWeather.com...
...want in a personal digital assistant. It has the usual calendar, address book, to-do list and notepad, but also a readable digital clock available at the push of a button. And while most people will want to learn Graffiti (the scribbling technique for inputting text with a plastic stylus), the notepad also accepts jottings in your own handwriting. Say you meet a friend in a parking lot who gives you a phone number: you simply write it on the screen as you would on paper. Your message is saved in your own handwriting rather than converted to type, which...
TIGER QUIK WRITER $33; available in fall Kids use a stylus to send handwritten messages to friends up to 50 ft. away. It even works through walls...