From: Jonathan Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2003 - 10:28:40 PST
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 03:49 PM, Matt Mendelow wrote:
> Newbie here again. At the risk of raising the ire of those tired of
> answering newbie questions, I'll ask one more. Never having had a
> Newton
> until now, I am curious as to the ways some of you use your Newton in
> your daily routine. Any and all insight would be most appreciated.
My uses are rather mundane, but you might find something useful in
there. :-)
Calendar. I use it to keep track of important events like my wife's
birthday and our anniversary, and other things like that. I put in
meetings and such stuff. I use Action Names to do all this, and it also
tracks phone calls. If I absolutely _have_ to make a phone call at a
certain time, I put it on the Newt. When I'm in the States, I use the
contact management features to their fullest on the Newton.
In other news, I use GeekGas to track my fuel mileage. Sine I made the
mistake of buying an American car, I also use NewtonWork's spreadsheet
to convert liters to gallons, and overall help me with my mileage. I
created a converter into which I enter my mileage and liters and cost,
and it converts everything, so that in the end, I have mpg liters/100
km. total gallons used, and all that jazz. I like it. It works.
I also use the Notepad to write all sorts of notes and outlines and
checklists. I have mine and my family's various measurements in there,
in case I find some article of clothing cheap. I have various
passwords, and other items I may want on hand. I also use the Notepad
to enter new addresses for the address book (using Drag and drop names
to enter them into the address book). The Notepad is my most-used
application.
I also use the spreadsheet in NW for various little forms or quickie
calculations that I use frequently--like bills or budgeting my
renovation in our home. It's funny, but I use the spreadsheets on the
Newton more than on my Mac, but I often forget that I do it. It's just
natural on the Newton, but so clumsy on my Mac.
Games--I can't forget games. I play SoloDX the most, but I also play
Kung Fu sometimes, and a couple others. I have several games on there
for my kids to play if we are somewhere and they are bored. Since two
of them have their own Newtons, it gets used less for that nowadays.
Printing. I print a lot, and can't imagine having a PDA that didn't
print. I print both via serial, network and parallel via the PrintPack
(yes, I have three printers, and I use all three regularly with the
Newton).
I know I'm forgetting something--I just remembered. I have the Bible on
my Newton, and refer to it as part of my studies, and such. :-)
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