I have 2 of these, on a really good run you might get 90 minutes on battery
power, they are heavy and take forever to boot.. Since the drive is a type
III pcmcia drive they aren't cheap to upgrade either. BTW the handwriting to
text absolutley sucks, slow and maybe 70% accurate on a good day.
Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter O'Keefe <pokeefe1@ic3.ithaca.edu>
To: <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 11:34 AM
Subject: NTLK Strange Switch
> Hey. I just wanted to let you all know that I am looking to find a machine
> that is different from the newton in one simple feature: Screen Size.
>
> I have found one--but I'm not all too sure if it is better---I will be
> waiting until it actually comes in and then I will compare.
>
> It is an IBM Thinkpad 730T. It has a 9.5" back lit transreflective
> display, 16megs of ram(max 20), with a 105meg hard drive(I'll be upgrading
> that!) And it runs just about any PC operating system. The Pen
Services
> DLLs from IBM offer handwriting recognition. The pen and digitizer are
the
> same as a Wacom Tablet(in fact Wacom made the part). This means the pen
> needs batteries, probably. The two PCMCIA Type III/II/I Slots look very
> useful, considering my main machine is also a laptop. It is a tablet, but
> with a footprint similar to the size of a piece of paper. It appears
> similar to the prototype tablet newton that I saw somewhere on a web page,
> but without the tethered pen.
>
> The trouble with my newton 2000 is that the screen is still too small. I
> use my newton to take notes, but I've been having problems because I need
> to write very small to fit all my notes in. The pen on the newton is not
> accurate enough to do such small work. With a 9.5" Screen that is 640X480
> resolution, I hope to be able to simulate the feel of a full sized piece
of
> paper. The screen is glass and it is textured as well on the 730T.
> Plus, the 730T is supposed to use a white backlight instead of a green
> one. Supposedly it is able to produce a page white color.
>
> I will keep you all informed as to how it works out, and if indeed there
is
> a benefit at all.
>
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