Apple buys handwriting recognition code for iPhone?
Posted by Daniel East 
May 29, 2008 at 11:05am
A Chinese developer claims that Apple has bought his software for recognizing handwritten input on the iPhone. iPhone Atlas writes that, “The developer is currently unwilling to discuss his work, citing a non-disclosure agreement with Apple, and has sent requests for removal to forums publishing screenshots of his previously freely available third-party application.
Dubbed “HWPen,” the third-party handwriting recognition application was developed by Hanwang.com.cn to allow Chinese character input on the iPhone, but the program works equally well with English input. Apple has reportedly stripped English character input from the tool, sieving for only Chinese character recognition for iPhone OS 2.0.”
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