The current smartphone is operated by touching the screen.On the former mobile phones, the numeric keypad (dial key) and the direction key were pressed to operate.
The button is replaced by a touch panel, but it is said that the prototype of the smartphone operation is in PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), which appeared from each company more than 20 years ago.Readers of the same generation as the author and a little closer to generations will remember.
2003年に発売されたシャープの「ザウルス SL-C750/SL-C760」2001年発売の「Palm m105」In the early 1990s to the early 2000s, many PDAs, including "Zaurus" (Sharp) and "Palm" (Palm), appeared, and the market was over.At that time, mobile phones were "speaking tools", while PDA was born as an electronic notebook and was supported by business people and others.
Later, PDA -like functions were imported into mobile phones, and with the expansion of email and content services, the PDA market was reduced, but at that time, there were many models operated by Stylus Pen.At that time, the touch panel at that time was enough to operate the subtle touch operation of the fingertips, but the PDA evolved from an electronic notebook, so the expectation of "writing with a pen" was high.
Looking at today's digital tools, including the evolved smartphone, surprisingly, there are not so many models with pens.Speaking of smartphones, the Samsung's "Galaxy Note" series and the "Surface" series are gained popularity in PCs, but both are products in the price range to some extent, and if anything, business use and students.It is said to be very popular.For "take notes" applications, touch the keyboard displayed on the screen and enter it, or take an electronic memo by taking a camera you want to record with a camera.
"LG Q Stylus" released this time is a smartphone that comes with a stylus pen and can take notes by hand.If a pen is attached, it is likely to be regarded as a rival horse in the Galaxy Note series, but the price is kept to around 40,000 yen, and it is finished as a model with excellent cost performance.
You can take notes by handwritten input with the attached stylus pen, but in fact, the stylus pen can ensure that the icons, menus, keyboards, etc. on the screen can be tapped reliably, so it is considered as a target user even more than senior generation.LG Electronics has a track record of supplying models with stylus pens for each country, and in some countries and regions, a campaign for "filial piety" that the actual generation will present to their parents, and steadily users.It is said that the layer has expanded.
"LG Q Stylus", which is deployed for domestic domestic, was announced on Rakuten Mobile at the time of its announcement on November 22, last year, but it is clear that it will be sold in the form of limited sale of Japanet in Wimobile.Became.If you are usually watching the company's television shopping, you know, but since Japan's former E-Mobile era, you have sold a lot of mobile Wi-Fi routers in a form that bundles on PCs and tablets.be.Recently, he has sold Y -Mobile smartphones and has recorded strong sales.It is attracting attention as one of the methods to sell to senior users.
