Re: [NTLK] New Newton

From: John M. Powell (iwillbefreedotcom_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2001 - 18:31:08 EDT


You see those cool things they used in Red Planet?
Translucent electro-metal.

I want wanna dem.

> oliver.brose_at_t-online.de wrote (6.9.2001 22:49 Uhr):
> > On the other hand, I don't don't need all that space every day.
> This immediatly rises the question how a new Newton should look
> like. Here's
> my thoughts:
>
> 1. The display is like the new ePaper, you can fold it or coil it
> up as you
> like. So all one needs is the Newton display foil.
> 2. Input by means of a normal pen or, if no pen is available with
> the finger
> tip.
> 3. Since the display is a foil and can be folded, it is normal
> that one can
> write onto the foil if it is folded down to stamp size. (This it the shit
> pocket sized Newton :-)
> 4. Storage? Is not needed because the foil is connected by a
> BlueTooth link
> with your cell phone. The cell phone itself organizes everything
> by himself.
> 5. The Ndisplay is normally wrapped around your pen. The pen is a
> telescope
> thing and fits in the smallest backpocket. Normally you carry your pen at
> your keyring but Ndisplay you savely store in your wallet beside the
> greenbacks.
> 6. Or completely different: The display is built-into your eye or glasses.
> It's like a laser beamer which projects the screen directly onto
> the retina.
> This would avoid the nasty foil which you could forget at home...
>
> Sorry to waste bandwith, but how is your idea of the absolute PDA?
>
> --
> With best regards / Viele Gruesse
>
> Marco Mailand
> http://slsbd.psi.ch/timing
>
>
>
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