From: Grant Hutchinson (grant_at_splorp.com)
Date: Sat Apr 17 2004 - 14:22:18 PDT
In a previous message, Rod typed vigorously:
>It may have continued to drain on company resources because no
>one wanted to buy a big, bulky device that was a cross between
>a laptop and a pda.
I have a small nit to pick with this statement. The Newton was not 'a
cross between a laptop and a pda'... it *was* a pda - as in 'personal
digital assistant'. It is still the only true example of a pda, in the
original sense of the term.
g.
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