Re: [NTLK] Does this look familiar -- Microsoft does a Newton

From: MuHammed Lonon (mjl3781_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 17:04:33 EST


--- Ed Kummel <tech_ed_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Two points bothered me about this article.
> 1) "Handwritten notes can also be highlighted,
> formatted and converted to text"
> This means that it doesn't convert handwriting on
> the
> fly...forget about it...I'll never use it...
> 2) "There's also a key to rotate the onscreen image
> 360 degrees, so viewers can opt for a longer than
> wide
> (or wider than long) display."
> Uh folks...wouldn't a 360 degree rotation put you
> back
> where you started? Shouldn't he have said 90 degree?
> For this glaring error, the writer is an idiot and
> nothing he says can have any resemblence to fact...
>

I would like to add:
  3) Look at the size of them. You will have to put
your arm across it to write at the top. How long do
you think it will take a user to scratch the screen
enough to be unable to see or write anything.

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