The Lonestar release of the Tablet PC operating system is composed of three pillars: improved ink to text, integration with Office 2003 and a newer, more advanced SDK for developers.
The upgrade will ship mid-2004 free of cost to existing users, and be preinstalled on new systems.
One of the main areas of attention in the development of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2004 is inking. There is less disconnect between the tablet input panel (TIP) and applications, while TIP itself has been significantly overhauled based upon user feedback.
