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The Graffiti shorthand for Palm PDAs [1]. It still far outshines any handwriting recognition systems available on modern devices both in terms of speed and usability.

Also, not really an individual product, but I miss durable consumer devices - I used a flipphone that had survived being run over by a tractor for years after the fact, and my old laptop could probably stop a bullet. If we could develop touchscreen glass that didn't break on a strong sneeze, I would be delighted (though the phone repair industry, perhaps less-so).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_%28Palm_OS%29



OMG I miss this so much! I had a Palm Zire 72 growing up long before getting an iTouch and it was amazing to use. Writing messages took longer but felt more natural back then, these days it'd probably feel too clunky though.



Alas, it seems to have been removed from the Google Play Store. I'll have to see if I can find it elsewhere, preferably malware-free.




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