Re: [NTLK] Why use the Newton to surf the web/e-mail?

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_comcast.net)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 15:25:28 EST


on 12/2/02 3:22 PM, Peter Cameron at pdwc_at_sympatico.ca wrote:

>>> Using NewtFTP I can update my website with the Newton from just about
>>> anywhere. And there's the geek factor of putting up new pictures while
>>> sitting next to the place you took them.
>> I can also do this with my Powerbook using Transmit and my T68i.
> Newton + phone = about 3 pounds. I can take that hiking no problem. I'm
> not about to start lugging a powerbook around in the woods.

Not to mention the battery life issue. The powerbook might be nicer to have
in the woods, but lugging around that generator is a real bitch! (Of
course, if you're "in the woods" at a campsite or with a 4WD vehicle, that's
a different matter.)

- Eric.

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Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)

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