Re: [NTLK] Our first Newtons

From: James Elliott (james.elliott_at_newted.org)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 01:28:07 EDT


This is something that I've wondered about: Wouldn't a Newton clone
still be a Newton, but not a MessagePad?

-James

>Ha! My first Newt Wasn't!
>Well, wasn't a Newt, really...
>It was a Motorola Marco. Complete with wireless
>service for almost a year (transferred the account to
>a 120 a year after the Marco) I was a bit taken aback
>by the weird battery that the Marco took and the fact
>that while wireless, the battery didn't last very long
>at all...and the weird door covering the screen
>and...well, there were a lot of things I didn't really
>care for on the Marco, that's why I got a 120 1.3 I
>quickly upgraded to OS 2 and promptly fell in
>long-term love with the device. I played around with a
>Tarpon for a few months, but that ruggidized case
>makes an already big device positivly huge! I had an
>oportunity to carry around a Grouper for a week as
>well! So, in reality, the first three Newts I ever saw
>weren't even Newts! But I recognized potential when I
>saw it and once I saw OS2.0, I never looked back!
>Ed
>web/gadget guru

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