I am a teenager and even tho looking at my walls seeing translucient iMac
posters and my VTECH translucient green phone I WOULD NOT want a HandHeld
that comes in colors even tho the New Palms do... It's this simple: Black is
the color of a hacker ... and most people with Newtons and other PDAs are
more of the intellictual, do more in a small space kinda group (not to
sterotype I know some just use the Newton as a Memo pad, but a lot do a lot
of "not your ordanary consumer" type of stuff).... The MP could me made
consumer like the eMate but a big boy business model, say same OS but more
RAM and tones that are of business nature like Snow, Graphite and the color
of the G4 Cube, would be more approparite than tangerene, ruby, or indigo.
-- - Chris B.A supporter of... \\ /, `( Newton Technology \ =
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> From: Jeff Knee <jdknee@ufl.edu> > Organization: BMS Photo, UF HSC > Reply-To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com > Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 15:07:35 -0400 > To: NewtonTalk <newtontalk@planetnewton.com> > Subject: RE: Replicating the Newton Advantage (was RE: NTLK Purchasing Rights > to the Newton...?) > > I'm a consumer, not a developer, so I appreciate the > technical discussion about the future of the Newton in some > pieces, form or another. > Early on when Steve Jobs took over Apple, in fall of '97, I > emailed Apple's customer feedback webpage with some > marketing advice which they seemed to embark on with the > iMac and following desktops and powerbooks. Namely, that > they should introduce more attractive designs that would > appeal to different markets, especially those new to > computers, because the Mac was/is more user-friendly than > other PCs. This would get an Apple product in their hands > early, unless they get a PC with all their hair-pulling > complexities (making a 2nd computer purchase later much less > likely). > Sure enough, surveys showed first-time PC buyers-- having > been burned by Windows' tedium and viruses, etc-- were less > likely to upgrade their OS and apps, nor buy a new PC. In > fact, it isn't unusual to find cheap PCs gathering dust in > many homes across the land. > Then, Apple was coming out with the iMac and then iBook, > which attracted many new computer users with their > attractive skins and ease of use. > All Apple has to do, now, is bring back an updated Newton > or "HandMac" designed attractively. It's already the > easiest portable OS around. Just making it in different > styles-- say one in Art Deco, one in Stained Glass, another > in Hi-Tech or PinStripes, etc -- would make the Newton > (under a new name) sell again. As long as it's affordable, > too. (I'd stay with a monochromatic screen, perhaps > gray-based instead of green, if do-able?). > The opinion of a consumer. > *************************************** > NewtonTalk brought to you by: > > EVOTE.COM -- the ESPN of politics on the Internet! All the players, all the > news, and the hottest analysis and features (plus 'toons!) anywhere.... visit > http://www.evote.com today! > > *************************************** > Need Subscribe/Unsubscribe info? > > Visit the NewtonTalk section at http://www.planetnewton.com >
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