Re: [NTLK] Somebody please respond to these Newton hardware / software topics!

From: Andy Galluzzi (agalluzzi_at_gmx.net)
Date: Mon Aug 30 2004 - 08:09:32 PDT


I think the idea of having a mix of Newton and iPod (yes, with a *lot*
of imagination), makes newton even better. Many people was talking above
a new PDA from Apple, and I hope it will be iPod-Compatible or this
people will kill them.

Andy.

> I've got a philosphic question of why people are so gung-ho about
> playing very low bitrate monophonic MP3s on a newton. The bluetooth
> and wifi stuff extends the reach of what a Newton already does: manage
> information. The work done on Docking apps falls under the same concept:
> extending the core "information management" extension as well. The new
> games people have been writing are outside the core concept but they
> timeshare well with information management; people work with the newt
> playing games in the same manner they work managing information. MP3s
> are totally different: audio, not touch and reading; continuous function
> rather than flickerings of processing; background rather than focused
> attention. This seems a problem much better suited to solving with a
> fifty-dollar portable cd player that reads mp3 discs.
>

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