Yes, indeedy. When OS 8 was being introduced, I attended a big presentation
at a local hotel (Edmonton, Canada). My favorite demo was the eMate guy.
I asked him for his real bottom line....and he said the Apple folks asked him
not to do it at that show, but from demoing to a lot of parents, he liked
to have them play with it a bit, and then take it out of their hands and throw
it at the wall. When they picked it up, they knew it was fairly kid-proof.
real cool!
chriss
From: "Murray, Tom" <TMurray_at_usequities.com>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Dropping the Newt (was: Re: Me & my MP)
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:00:29 -0500
I remember going to a demo showing that Apple threw (no pun intended) before
the Emate became available. To make a long story short, they literally
threw the <working> demo unit across the room, approx. 15 feet. The guy
then picked it up, picked up the stylus that popped out, turned the unit on,
watched it reset (guess the throw woke it up), and he started writing away.
It worked perfectly. I was most impressed. At the time I was wondering how
many school kids would be using these new tools to bash each other over the
heads with.
Pretty cool.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Jendraszak [mailto:stevehj_at_mac.com]
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Dropping the Newt (was: Re: Me & my MP)
On Wednesday, August 7, 2002, at 09:19 AM, victor_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
> Hrm. I think I can remember every single time I've dropped my Newtons:
I dropped my eMate once. Hard. Fell off a table, onto a tile floor. Made
a LOUD crashing sound. But there was no damage whatsoever.
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