From: Edward (edwardcheung_at_mac.com)
Date: Wed Jun 20 2001 - 08:49:42 PDT
Hello Tim,
afaik, there are a few chinese input program for the newton, I did saw the
link through the HKNG, but now the HKNG is gone, there got to be somewhere
on the web you could found one( I am also looking for one).
Ed from HK
> From: Tim McCracken <tim.mccracken_at_worldteam.org>
> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:39:58 +0800
> To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Tim's newton problems.
>
> Boy,
>
> Thanks, I did consider a holster idea. One problem is I a clumsy, very
> clumsy. So I already have it in insulated in protective binder of my own
> design. Second issue is I always already wear an MP3 device. I use it to
> record words I don't understand. (I am learning a new language.) Another
> larger device gets awkward. Especial riding a bike.
>
> Other issue that made me consider the Palm device. I am learning Taiwanese,
> it is an oral language. But I am also learning Chinese characters. My
> dilemma is input. I don't know Mandarin or Cantonese so those input methods
> are out the window (Based on the Chinese phonetic systems, BO Mandarin Mo Fo
> Etc). But Palm has a character recognition program, OCR. Very slick. I
> have not seen anything like that for Newton. Too Bad.
>
> Thanks for all of your input.
>
> Tim
>
> on 6/20/2001 9:02 PM, Josh Ormsby at josh_at_automationonline.com wrote:
>
>> Do you wear a belt? Nerd factor might be high, but this could be an answer
>> to your dilemma.
>>
>> http://www.ripoffs.com/co58camera.htm
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> Or can someone just send him one?
>>
>>
>>
>>> Right now I am looking to sell my Newton 2000. Here is the main reason.
>>> When I was in the states I lived in a cool climate I often, wore a coat, and
>>> could easily slip my Newton into a coat pocket. Or I was carry case-logs,
>>> etc and one more book(my Newton) was no trouble. But now I live in a
>>> tropical climate. No coat. No pocket to put my Newton into. Therefore,
>>> I often find myself thinking, I wish I had a Newton to put in my pocket.
>>> But alas such a thing may never exist. So I will have to make MAJOR
>>> adjustments to the Palm world.
>>>
>>> I will miss my Newton. I am well aware the Palm platform is not nearly as
>>> powerful as the Newton.
>>>
>>> I will miss paging through the NewtonTalk list...
>>>
>>> See you,
>>>
>>> Tim
>>> --
>>
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