Re: [NTLK] Is iPod Touch the Newtons future?

From: slashlos <slashlos_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Jan 17 2009 - 08:33:58 EST

Well I've had a 1st gen touch for a while now. I had sold off my 2100 & HP 5555 (but kept my 130!).

Aside from screen size which I traded for wifi, apps availability

/los "I was a teenage net-random"

On Jan 17, 2009, at 4:21 AM, dotline7 <dotline7@gmail.com> wrote:

If you can't make a note, no folders, short battery.... Nothing to speak
about. Useless.

This is a continuation of the iPod touch talk from the "[NTLK] [ADMIN] This is
only a test" thread.
I just got a 1st Gen refurb iPod Touch from apple (looked brand new!) and I've
been very amazed with it. I'm not a newton power user in terms of the
calendar/contacts and the info linking the newt can do so I could see me using
the touch as its replacement for those functions. I also can do without the
HWR since I usually end up using the onscreen keyboard on my newt because most
of my data to enter doesn't like the HWR (gear charts for race cars, web
addresses, etc.). If you use blackberry, treo, winmo, etc, getting the hang of
the touch's keyboard shouldn't be too hard. The first data entry might be a
pain if you do it manually but the touch can sync with address book and ical.
Someone also mentioned the small screen, which I do agree is a little annoying
but scrolling is easy with the touch screen and it keeps the device small. The
multimedia and web on the touch is awesome compared to the newt. Some of the
interface touches even remind me of the newt, like how the keyboar
d and some other boxes glide on/off the display and the clicky sounds it
makes when you type (although it doesn't have the overall interface sounds the
newt has).

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