Early versions of touch screen devices had questionable utility. The Apple Newton and its handwriting recognition feature is probably the easiest of these to dunk on, as the Simpsons did.
For $900 in 1993 or about $1960 in 2024, you could own a note pad that sort of worked with a stylus and touch screen interface.
Of course, I dreamed of having one anyway. As a Star Trek The Next Generation fan, I wanted to walk around and work with a TNG like dataPADD.
