[cctalk] Re: NewtonOS

On Sep 8, 2023, at 11:48, Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: On Fri, 8 Sept 2023 at 19:23, Wayne S <wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com> wrote: It is funny you should say that: I have one too, and just today, I dug it out of its pouch for the first time since July. I had left it on! But it was in airplane mode, and so still had 15% battery. Amazing. I am trying to work out how to put my assortment of PDFs onto it so I can use it as an ebook reader. This is... not trivial. It was my mother's. When it was no longer able to run Skype, I bought her an iPad 5th Gen instead. This is the first model with the iPad Air form-factor. Her eyesight is very bad now -- retinal haemorrhage plus macular degeneration -- so then I got her a first-model iPad Pro. But, to my surprise, she prefers the smaller one, as it's much lighter to hold. I asked for and was given the cast-off iPad 3. Well, I see your point. The device is badly crippled now, yes. Especially as I preferred iOS 9 -- the newer ones have a lot of bloat, like window tiling and pop-up floating windows, that just confuse her. I can see being aggrieved by the discontinuation of support. Personally I don't like the things much but I am trying to find a use for this old one. But if I _liked_ it, that's different. FWIW I always buy them used, from these guys: https://webuy.com/ The company was founded by a friend of mine, sadly long dead now. Thank you! -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lproven(a)cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lproven(a)gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053