Smartquill , a pen that can remember the words that is used to write, and then transform them into computer text , The idea that it would be neat to put all of handheld-PDA type computer in a pen, came to the inventor . Itâ„¢s the pen for the new millennium, she says. Nigel Ballard, a leading consultant to the mobile computer industry, Williams took her prototype to the British Telecommunications Research Lab, The prototype, called SmartQuil, has been developed by world-leading research laboratories run by BT (formerly British Telecom) at Martlesham, eastern England. It is claimed to be the biggest revolution in handwriting since the invention of the pen.
The sleek and stylish prototype pen is different from other electronic pens on the market today in that users don t have to write on a special pad in order to record what they write. User could use any surface for writing such as paper, tablet, screen or even air. The SmartQuill isn t all space-age, though it contains an ink cartridge so that users can see what they write down on paper. SmartQuill contains sensors that record movement by using the earth s gravity system, irrespective of the platform used. The pen records the information inserted by the user. Your words of wisdom can also be uploaded to your PC through the digital inkwell , while the files that you might want to view on the pen are downloaded to SmartQuill as well.
It is an interesting idea, and it even comes with one attribute that makes entire history of pens pale by comparison if someone else picks your SmartQuill and tries to write with it it wonâ„¢t. Because user can train the pen to recognize a particular handwriting. Hence SmartQuill recognizes only the ownerâ„¢s handwriting. SmartQuill is a computer housed within a pen which allows you to do what a normal personal organizer does . Itâ„¢s really mobile because of itâ„¢s smaller size and one handed use. People could use the pen in the office to replace a keyboard, but the main attraction will be for users who usually take notes by hand on the road and type them up when returning to the office. SmartQuill will let them skip the step of typing up their notes.


SmartQuill Applications

Database - names and addresses
Diary
To Do list
Clock and Alarms
Pager
Sync files, e-mail, & messages to PC
Calculator
3rd party add on applications