Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 23:38:56 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: SUMMARY: Apple Newton MessagePad Message-ID: <199708220538.XAA07669@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970816104840.611A-100000@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970816104840.611A-100000@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it>
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Marco Molteni writes:
> Well, I really like -chat ! ;-)
> Thanks to everybody who replied.
>
> There are two fronts here on -chat:
> - those who suggested the USRobotics Palm Pilot
> - those who suggested the Apple Newton MessagePad 2000
Just to confuse the issue, Newton is no longer owned by Apple; they've
been spun off into their own company. On a probably related note, the
Newto SDK is now available on Winblows as well as MacOS.
> I choosed the Newton, because for what _I_ am going to do, the Palm
> Pilot is too small. Anyway, I think the Palm Pilot is a very good toy
> too, especially for the price.
Yeah, I know what you mean. If the Pilot just had a single PCMCIA slot,
or something like that.
> If someone is interested in PDAs or Windows CEs and similar, the
> august issue of Byte Magazine has a (biased :-( ) report:
> "Hand-Helds get serious", in which they compare 10 hand-helds, from
> the MessagePad to the HP 320LX to the Philips Velo 1 to the Palm
> Pilot. I think you can find the article also online (www.byte.com).
The WinCE's as a group are pretty lame: although they have bigger
screens and a keyboard, most of them are not much more functional that
the Pilot, but cost nearly as much as a Newton. Most of them have a
PCMCIA/PCcard slot, but you can't run it on batteries, only when plugged
into the wall. What a crock.
> Thanks again to the wonderfully "not
> normal" people on -chat.
Yeah, this is a pretty fun group, isn't it? Even when we're arguing
politics, it stays fairly polite. We kind of tend to be an eggheaded
lot, though. ;^)
> "This snakeskin jacket symbolizes my individuality and belief in personal
> freedom".
Snakeskin? For me, it would just symbolize my dislike of reptilians.
They remind me too much of a VP I used to work for. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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