1 Jan
2009
1 Jan
'09
2:51 p.m.
The Newton of course had much better handwriting
recognition, so the Eo
died (to be in turn killed by Palm), but despite that, Penpoint was an
interesting OS that had the look and feel of a paper organizer (tabs,
pages, etc. as opposed to desktop GUIs which appropriately use a
"desktop" metaphor.)
The newton is the best, wonderful, no-words-to-describe thing I've ever
seen, but killed just by two items: No conectivity and no PDF reading. I got
one fairly complete (rechargeable battery, power supply, extra stylus,
cover, 4MB card, modem card) and build inside a serial connector not to use
the dammed dongle I didn't have
(http://www.tabajara-labs.com.br/newton/serial/index.htm). But I never got
around to connect it to one of my computers, and I **WONT** leave an old PC
or MAC just to play with newton. It got axed.
But What a portable computer... :o(