“A conversation with Samsung product marketing manager Ryan Bidan late Tuesday has hinted that the next Galaxy Tab line may make interface a core selling point with a possible return to the early days of tablets. The division lead told Laptop that he expected the S Pen from the Galaxy Note to make its way to tablets. Slates and other devices would also get ‘3D gestures’ using the front camera, face recognition, and voice in certain circumstances,” Electronista reports. “‘I think a pen interface continues to make a lot of sense across a number of screen sizes, like the larger is more obvious of those,’ Bidan said. ‘That’s about as specific as I can be without announcing a product.'”
Electronista reports, “A shift towards pens would be a risky step for the Galaxy Tab. So far, tablets that have made pens their selling points have fared poorly, although not always due to the input method itself. Windows tablet PCs are the most commonly cited examples and saw eight years of their sales eclipsed by the iPad within nine months as Microsoft’s insistence on pen input first, along with high prices, failed to catch on with users.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Yeah, um, on second thought, maybe you should just stick to slavishly copying Apple, Samsung, and take your chances in court.
My bad. I thought the headline read Samsung Tabs may use penises.
iPENS.
the penis mightier than the sword
Nobody told Loreena Bobbitt.
Glad to see you’re in a better mood today scrotum.
Makes sense to me. SameDung knows it is infringing and is using the pen input as a work-around. Then SameSlang will be easily differentiated at a distance by users with pens. If they also implement verbal commands, we’ll also be able to recognize them when they curse their tablets. I wonder if the tablets will be programed to understand all the expletives? 🙂
Pen: write CLOSEOUT
Gesture: stack on pallet near checkout
Pens would be awesome!
And a lanyard to fasten one’s pen to one’s Tablet!
Or a quiver to hold all the extra pens for back-up to the lost and forgotten pens.
And a separate keyboard, and a mouse, to distinguish Samsung’s Tablet selection from Apple’s, and to give the consumer the impression that they’re getting more for their buck!
Wow! These lightweight, portable Tablets are grea… uh, … hmmm. I think I’ll need a bigger backpack for my Samsung “Tablet”. Oh, and a desk.
Change that to a slideout keyboard and I’m buying one…but only if it is a 7″ screen…and has a pull out antenna…and VGA, component video, S-video, and HDMI ports.
Don`t forget the aluminum intake, ported heads and 4.11 rear end.
And a Hemi.
You forgot the fuzzy dice.
Hemi-roid?
Surely you’ll want a serial port (to be used with the optional external modem) and IR for syncing!
Marketing idea for Samsung:
“Free input Pen, and 1 free bottle of Wite-Out™ “
snark snark snark
Wonder if Samsung legal came upon an Apple iOS granted patent that they couldn’t get around. Back to the stylus…
WOW!! This is great news.
Pen: FAIL.
3D gestures via front camera only: FAIL.
I don’t think Samsung have a clue what they’re doing. This sounds like classic desperation behavior, grabbing for whatever they can find from legacy tech to GeeWizz vaporware tech.
Samsung, you are soooo screwed. You’ve really got it in for yourself, haven’t you? 😛
Depends on the 3D gesture you are doing to this tablet.
The middle-finger salute comes to mind.
that’s what I was thinking.. Haven’t they all tried tossing in a kitchen sink into all their devices. Yet simplicity in UI, function and design wins every time. Once all the bling (like fake front fender brake vents that are glued to the exterior of the car) wears off you actually use the device productively or its just a waste of money.
There’s only one 3D gesture that I have for this tablet: a middle finger
What’s the tablet going to do when a user extends the middle finger to the camera. 🙂
I got it! SlumSang can reconfigure the delete key and make it eWhite. Charge for its use. Bottle of eWhite document corrector, all the mistakes you need to correct for one month $1.00. 🙂
Wait a minute. Above idea copyright marker12, 2012, all rights reserved. Why should I give SangSlung any idea they can use for free 🙂
3D gestures like throwing it against the wall in frustration or stabbing your eyes out with the conveniently-included pen?
Dear Samsung, you think Apple is a pain in the ass with their lawsuits, wait til Microsoft hears about your stylus based computer interface.
Pens. How quaint!