From: Rick Rodman (richard.rodman_at_verizon.net)
Date: Sun Jan 25 2004 - 15:35:43 PST
Absolutely! The screen size of all the current PDAs is too small.
Imagine a Newton screen (with color maybe?) in a 1/2" thick metal case,
with replaceable/rechargable batteries that slide in and out one end.
It'd be fabulous.
The Newton's core applications are better than Palm's, too. It's so
simple: show To-Do items and Events on one screen (Dates/Agenda).
What's so hard to understand? The Newton's design and applications
show far more attention to detail than most products today - especially
cellphones. (Who can press those tiny keys? Never mind, ship it!) And
the Newton's extensibility is far better than today's PDAs and
cellphones. (TWO (2) PCMCIA slots!)
And altho I haven't gotten the hang of Newtonscript, it seems to me
that there are more applications for Newton than most other platforms.
WinCE/PocketPC has a portability problem - most apps are available for
only one or two types of devices. Both Palm and WinCE/PocketPC are
thoroughly proprietary platforms, too - it may look like Windows, but
programming it is another story entirely.
I still hope for a HyperCard-like package which will make a PDA fully
and easily user-programmable. Newtonscript and NewtDevEnv may actually
be the closest that the industry has come...
On Jan 25, 2004, at 6:05 PM, Rick Ludwig wrote:
>> For a quick summary, NewtonOS + ClieNX80V = perfect handheld :)
>
> Ugh, sorry but the screen is too small (just like all the other
> handhelds on the market). I actually like the screen size of my
> MP2000U. I'll bet that, with a rechargeable battery (even though I'm
> not crazy about rechargeable batteries), and some other minor
> modifications (like the elimination of the duel PC Card slots in favor
> of a CF and/or SD slot), you could do a MessagePad with the screen size
> of the 2x00, but the slimness of a Palm Vx.
>
> Now THAT would be cool! =)
>
> BTW - I know very well how I am in the minority on the screen size
> issue, but to do any kind of writing, I NEED a larger screen.
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