Can I just note that Jeremy's reply pretty much vindicates the reasons why
I just paid my $190 for a mint MP2100 setup and ditched my charred Palm.. I
used my palm to take (or try to take) notes in class for a while but since
I started my law course it just couldn't keep up (nor would I want it too)
sifting through about 200 pages of articles in Legal Journals 2 weeks ago
was what made up my mind about buying a Newton... Now if only I could find
some neat IR printers in my hideously-under-funded University..
I too love my Goddamned brick of green plastic =]
John Swaine
>
> I would like to second the non-rabid nature of Palm device criticism. I
> too have used both extensively, and eventually abandoned my Handspring all
> together. I used a plain vanilla Visor, with no additional software except
> for the driver for my Stowaway keyboard. I used it to take notes in class.
> Nothing else. Nothing fancy. After loosing a couple of lectures worth of
> important notes, I put it in a drawer, only to be taken out occasionally
> to play with the cool keyboard (how i wish it would work with my newt!)
> .
> .
> .
> It has never lost a single note. It can print directly to the laserjets on
> campus. If I bite the bullet and put in a wireless card, i could print out
> my notes at the end of class, and pick them up in the computer lab on my
> way out the building.
>
> These are the kind of things that make the newton hold its own against the
> current crop of devices, especially because of how smooth and integrated
> the experience is, *even* using all these brand-new third party drivers,
> etc.
>
> Even using a keyboard on my Visor felt like a horrible hack. Using
> ethernet on my newt is perfectly natural.
>
> Right, it's 5 in the morning, my econ paper isn't done, and i just wrote
> a
> page about a goddamned hunk of green plastic.
>
> Jeremy
>
> PS: i love my goddamned brick of green plastic!
>
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