[NTLK] Going for a Newton

From: Seb Payne <seb_at_sebpayne.com>
Date: Fri Aug 04 2006 - 16:35:15 EDT

Hi Everyone
I've always been interested in Newton and the associated community. I have
recently purchased a Palm Z22 which is a small, simple PDA and it does me
fine - the screen is small and the handwriting area is difficult to use due
to size but it has great battery. I'm now thinking about getting a Newton to
see if it is any better (I've used Einstein and I'm liking what I'm
seeing!). I've read various sites, FAQs, Wikis ans so on but I have the
following questions:

a.) I've never seen a real Newton - can anyone related how big a 2000/2100
is to everyday objects?
b.) How heavy is a 2000/2100 with battery pack?
c.) Can anyone give any comments on email/internet support - I hear it isn't
brilliant but any user comments?
d.) I've been talked to 'knowledgenavigator' (www.newtonsales.com) and I can
get a 'good condition' 2100 for $189 which seems a lot to me. The $89 ones
aren't in that good nick. Any thoughts on this pricing (I'm in the UK so I'd
be interested to hear if anyone has a 2000/2100 for sale in the UK)?
e.) Is there much difference between getting a 2000/21000 - can't the extra
memory just be added?
f.) How stable are the syncing solutions for Tiger 10.4 - are they being
developed or not?

My main concern is that it is will be too big - I'm only a teenager so I
don't want to go around carrying something that is gonna make me look stupid
:-)

Thanks All!

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Seb Payne
www.sebpayne.com
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