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To: Keliven Wong who wrote (1283)	5/28/1998 11:53:00 AM
From: Andrew Fenic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1320

Keliven, I seriously doubt the screen could ever do video or color from what I've seen. The big advantage of the screen appears to be resolution; I can see applicability in cases where very high resolution black and white is required in a small space. I did not see any option to do corrections without turning the screen on and off. That does involve a "warm-up" period of a few seconds with flicker. Tapping the screen doesn't present any problem and only a modest amount of pressure is required to draw on it although as I cited I was only able to get good results when holding the pen low; that may well have been a pressure issue. The screen appeared to be black and white only; I didn't see any shades of gray displayed. I will try to do some more of your tests after hours today. Andy

To: Keliven Wong who wrote (1283)	5/28/1998 6:54:00 PM
From: Andrew Fenic	Respond to of 1320

> If you have to turn the screen off and on to blank it, does > that mean that it flickers each time? Yes it flickers. You can hit a button on the phone to "erase changes" but it essentially reboots the display and then redraws the scanned image. > If you make a correction or a drawing on the screen, can you > erase a mistake, or do you have to start all over again with > scanning, and correcting or drawing? You don't have to rescan but you do have to make all your annotations again. As I posted above, it essentially reboots the display. > If you tap on the screen with an image, what happens? No impact on the screen. > If you turn the phone on its edge so that the screen is vertical, > what happens? No problem. Turned it every which way and display clarity was still good. > Do you end up with a lot of light colored "noise" or "fuzz"? None > How hard do you have to press on the screen to make it work with > the pen? Is pressure the problem that you have with using the pen? Tried it again the unit does require some pressure but not an unreasonable amount. > Does the scanner reproduce colors? We scanned in a color photo and it was able to read it in greyscale. The unit has a "photo" mode that needs to be set to scan in that type of picture. > How is the grey scale reproduction of the screen? Looks good. I can't tell if it is just 2-tone dithered or whether it accurately does grayscale. My guess is dithered, though. > If you scan a photograph, how is the grey scale on it? Not bad at all. And, again, the resolution is simply outstanding. 200 x 200 per sq inch.