Bill Gates: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Finger in Tablet Computing

You may think Apple's runaway success with the iPad, the rich and user-loved touch UI on the iPhone, and Apple's barrage of future-facing patents had really given finger-control a future in tablet PCs. But dear Bill Gates has a different view.

Bill was speaking to the Fox Business Network about a number of things, but the important thing to remember is that Bill tried to lead the charge into tablet-format PCs years ago. Gate's idea was to bolt support for pen-based touch computing onto an...