Crosspad
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In 1997, the A. T. Cross Company
(major manufacturers of fountain pen
s) and IBM
co-marketed an electronic notepad called the CrossPad. The special pen contained a small radio transmitter which told the special pad where it was writing. To provide the user with feedback on where it was writing, the pen also contained ink and you wrote on writing paper placed on top of the CrossPad. There was a small display at the bottom of the device that provided feedback about commands you gave, and there were six buttons which could be activated using the special pen.
In September 1998, the Cross Company released a smaller version of the original CrossPad, called the CrossPad XP.
The CrossPad and CrossPad XP never achieved the market success that the Cross Company and IBM hoped for, and the product was ultimately discontinued in April, 2001. A class action suit resulted from the failure of the product in the marketplace.
A. T. Cross Company
A. T. Cross is a traded American company that competes in the writing instrument, stationery and premium sunglass businesses.-Overview:Cross manufactures and distributes writing instruments, journals and sunglasses worldwide...
(major manufacturers of fountain pen
Fountain pen
A fountain pen is a nib pen that, unlike its predecessor the dip pen, contains an internal reservoir of water-based liquid ink. The pen draws ink from the reservoir through a feed to the nib and deposits it on paper via a combination of gravity and capillary action...
s) and IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
co-marketed an electronic notepad called the CrossPad. The special pen contained a small radio transmitter which told the special pad where it was writing. To provide the user with feedback on where it was writing, the pen also contained ink and you wrote on writing paper placed on top of the CrossPad. There was a small display at the bottom of the device that provided feedback about commands you gave, and there were six buttons which could be activated using the special pen.
In September 1998, the Cross Company released a smaller version of the original CrossPad, called the CrossPad XP.
The CrossPad and CrossPad XP never achieved the market success that the Cross Company and IBM hoped for, and the product was ultimately discontinued in April, 2001. A class action suit resulted from the failure of the product in the marketplace.