Microsoft believes in the future of tablet computing because it combines all the benefits of portability with the richness of ink and the ability to read off the screen directly, says chairman and chief architect Bill Gates.
“This has been a major investment for us. It's something we totally believe in,” Gates told delegates at the opening of this year's Windows hardware engineering conference (WinHEC) in Seattle earlier this week.
Gates reiterated his view of the past few years that tablet PCs extend portable PC functionality by enabling users to take handwritten notes and annotate documents with digital ink.
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