So why don't we all email leadership@apple.com about it!
At 05:30 PM +0200 05/30/2000, Frédéric Paché wrote about Re: NTLK
Spotted - New Newton !!??:
>As you know Sony will present a new PDA in September. I doubt it will be
>more functional than the MP2K. Maybe the new PDAman will have a MP3 module
>in order to be like a walkman and of course the Newton can't do that but I
>prefer a creditcard MP3 player to do this job.
>What about a color screen? I doubt that Sony can give us this for a good
>price. Look at the Palm IIIc price...
>I have a Palm III and really it's very limited. Graffiti is good for a word
>or so but not for sentences. Recently I tried to use it during a meeting in
>order to jot some drawings: the screen is really a stamp-like one !
>And the Newton can also be used for voice recording. The Palm can't do that
>directly.
>A Pocket PC from Mr Gates ? Windows CE in it's new version is not stable at
>all. And Windows... my job is to fix windows problems in the PC world. At
>home my iMac DV SE with ADSL Net line is my proud and joy.
>So what? So I decided to buy a Newton. I surf the Net during several days
>and I'm convinced this is the Rolls Royce of PDA's. Future will say if I was
>in a big mistake.
>Nevertheless, killing the Newton was probably the worst decision made by
>Steve Jobs. The Texas administration was going to buy millions of e-mate for
>the education sector of the country! Also the Australian government was
>going to replace all the PC's from the administration! So don't say that the
>Newton family was not profitable Mr Jobs !!
>
>le 30/05/2000 16:28, Loren Finkelstein à Loren@Finkelstein.Net a écrit :
>
>> For a long time I felt the same way.
>>
>> However...
>>
>> I won't cut off my nose to spite my face.
>>
>> The only way I would ever buy an Apple PDA again would be if they came out
>> with something better, for my needs, than anythnig else available.
>>
>> I certainly wouldn't wait for Apple to come out with some imaginary future
>> PDA. Especially now that they have announced they are not working on such a
>> product.
>>
>> Loren
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeremy Shepherd" <jbond@netcom.com>
>> To: "Newtontalk" <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
>> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 10:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: NTLK Spotted - New Newton !!??
>>
>>
>>>> I hope. I have been putting off buying a Pocket PC or a Palm in hopes of
>> an
>>>> Apple model.
>>>
>>> I'm surprised anyone would buy an Apple PDA again after the sleazy way we
>> were abandoned in '98 with the -10061 bug still crippling our machines. Even
>> today the bug has only been "worked around" in a pretty kludgy way and not
>> solved.
>>>
>>> The only way I would ever buy an Apple PDA again would be if Steve Jobs
>> personally delivered it to me along with an apology for leaving Newton users
>> with damaged goods.
>>>
>>> - Jeremy
>>> Jeremy Bond SHEPHERD | I never take any notice of what common
>> people
>>> San Francisco, CA | say, and I never interfere with what
>> charming
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