Existing users, 
Newton-style handwriting recognition app for the iPhone
Posted 16 April 2008 @ 10am in Applications, News
Those waxing nostalgic for Apple’s Newton can take comfort in a new unofficial third-party application for the iPhone that can recognize handwriting (fingerwriting?) and turn it into typed text. Dubbed “HWPen,” (and described in this “modmyifone” thread) the application was developed by Hanwang.com.cn to allow Chinese character input on the iPhone, but the program works equally well with English input.
In order to install thie HWPen, follow our guide for enabling third-party apps on the iPhone, then use Installer.app to add the source: iphonecake.com/src/all.
To add a source (as also described in our guide), tap “Sources,” button, then tap “Edit” in the upper-right corner, and finally “Add” in the upper-left corner. Enter the URL of the source you would like to add and press “OK.” Installer.app will add the source, and you will be able to find the new application(s) in the normal “Install” menu.
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Posted by carroll.jk
16 April 2008 @ 1pm
I can haz stylus?
Posted by karel.jansens
17 April 2008 @ 8am
This is a joke, right?
I mean, I’m not even talking about handwriting on a device that has no stylus (which in itself is already stupid enough), but calling this “Newton-style HWR” is an affront to the Newton!
Newtons have fullscreen handwriting input, can recognize cursive text (I challenge everyone to try that one without a stylus!) and are _not_ modal. This program is more akin to Palm’s Graffiti or the crap we have now on the Nokia N800.
If someone ports ParaGraph to the iPhone, then come back to me…