On 1/31/2000 11:26 PM, Peter [mailto:pokeefe1@ic3.ithaca.edu] wrote:
>>I'd just like to take this moment to say that I love using Newt's Cape.
>>Right now, I'm converting all of my prof's online lecture notes to
>>NewtonBooks so that I don't have to lug a mount of paper to class every
>>day - and so that I can study anywhere!
>I did this too. I actually carry a back pack around that has nothing in it
>but a newton. It just looks funny carrying a little leather case
>around. What helps in that is to use a scanner with OCR and just put
>everything in works if you have handouts. I found it much easier to scroll
>this way.
>
>Those days are over for me. My new machine comes in Wednesday. We will
>see how my newt compares to the new beast. I can't wait. I know there are
>going to be major setbacks if I switch, but the major feature is SCREEN
>SIZE!!! ARGH! Someone, please, make a tablet newton!
I can't believe I'm doing this....but perhaps you should look at the
Vadem Clio; it's a WinCE box, which means you can get the Paragraph
cursive handwriting recognizer (the same one used in the Newton) for it.
In fact, Paragraph is a part of Vadem, and I recall that Microsoft
recently either licenesed or bought Paragraph from them.
The Clio's screen can flip over and cover the keyboard so you can use it
as a tablet. It's really a nifty design.
www.vadem.com
I think Sharp private-labels the Clio, too.
I'd have LOVED a Newton (or WOULD love a Mac PowerBook) in the Clio
chassis. Instant "buy". I'm still tempted from time to time to buy a
Clio. They have or at least HAD them at my local CompUSA. The early
units had some problems, but I heard recently that they'd been revised
and are now pretty good (for a WinCE box <grin>).
- Bill
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