InPlay Technologies (NPLA), a leading developer of innovative human input devices for electronic products, announced that the company has partnered BSQUARE Corporation (BSQR), a leading provider of Windows Embedded solutions to the global embedded device community, to produce an innovative new pen input device aimed at the prevalent China and Indian educational market.

This new device is a bridge between pen and paper technology and digital pen input that is currently used with popular tablet PC’s. In particular, this device would be connected to the tablet PC vis a vi a USB cable and utilize a hidden processor. When users write on the pad using this pen, the pen will ink on the paper and capture the image through the hidden processor.

According to Cary Butler, Vice President of Professional Engineering Services,”InPlay has a market-ready, viable solution for Windows Embedded device manufacturers that need a state-of-the-art input device that is accurate, power-efficient, and cost-effective. InPlay’s digital technology enables unique features like the hover capability and security coding not available elsewhere.”.

“Working with BSQUARE, we have developed a product that expands digital pen input beyond traditional tablets,” said Ramesh Ramchandani, President and COO, InPlay. “With our digital platform, we hope to make the pen a standard user interface that can be used for a wide range of electronic devices.”

BSQUARE expects the FinePoint digital pen technology to begin production during the second half of 2008.

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