“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.