Yes, they are clearly from the vertical market, all with identical cases and
accessories.
Example: sales rep uses the Newton to record all his contacts with
customers, requests for samples, connects to a modem in his hotel in the
evening, uploads the data to a server.
Example: car salesman talks to customer on test drive, taps on the options
the customer wants on the Newton screen, gives the customer a quote as soon
as the test drive is finished no need to look up in price lists.
Apple and Newton inc. were pushing this market, especially health care.
That's where they were selling the 10-packs of Newtons. If you set up a
system in 1997-8 you'd be writing off the devices about now.
-- B
-----Original Message-----
From: Victor Rehorst [mailto:victor_at_newtontalk.net]
Sent: 29 January 2002 21:09
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Whence all the Newts?
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Chris Searles wrote:
> I can't help but notice the plethora of 2x00 Newtons being offered on
> ebay at the moment by many different resellers (reference was made in one
> posting to the fact that this Jerry Brown guy has "hundreds left") and
> was just wondering: Where and how have these people suddenly come across
> so many Newts?
Companies who were using them for internal data collection projects
letting them go, that's my bet.
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