From: Morgan Nichol (newton_at_the-monkey.net)
Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 15:52:08 PST
What a load of rubbish. Society is doomed because that thing has a
keyboard? I beg your pardon, Ed?
A touch screen would be a nice addition (I wouldn't fancy using that
little pad all the time) as would better battery life - and I won't buy
one - but they're already well passed the Newton in many respects.
I don't believe a keyboard is anything like archaic. Nothing is faster
for getting text out of your head and into a your choice of device.
Speech recognition might get there one day, but that certainly isn't
very private, and can you imagine how horrible it would be in an office
full of people dictating their reports & emails all day?
(I don't believe anyone in their right mind would suggest pen computing
as superior to keyboarding for data entry - except maybe for a very
brief note, or a quick sketch - so I'll just drop in this snark and go
no further on that point.)
This place is bad enough with all the one-eyed Apple zealots, without
getting all worked up by a little gadget.
Regards,
Morgan
-- Morgan Nichol - morgan_at_quirk.co.nz 09 6200 548 - 021 159 0736 Quirk Ltd, Web Design & Consultation > -----Original Message----- > From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net > [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Ed Kummel > Sent: Thursday, 18 March 2004 12:08 p.m. > To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net > Subject: Re: [NTLK] IMPORTANT: Newton Revival Imminent > > > Devices like this P*ss me off! > they take what could be amazing technology and cripple > it with archaic tools like a keyboard...Nothing sucks > worse than a micro-keyboard that you punch on with > your thumbs...RSI anyone? > I see things like this and all I can think of is that > it promotes the dumbing down of the user. > > Instead of making the device simple to use by > interfacing it in an intuitive manner with the user, > they make the user simple by reducing the capabilities > of the device's interface that the user has to use! > > It just plain sucks. > > As a person who lives "technologist", devices like > this just make me shake my head and think, as a > society, we're doomed.. > Ed > web/gadget guru > http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages) > > --- Luiz Petroni <lpetroni_at_compassoarte.com.br> wrote: > > Thomas, > > > > Take a look at this device which also comes to the > > handheld computer. > > Unfortunatelly it does not do hwr but has a > > keyboard/touchpad combo > > which seems usable. > > > > http://www.flipstartpc.com/ > > > > BTW, it is produced by Vulcan (read Paul Allen > > > Microsoft). > > ===== > "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese." > - Charles De Gaulle, former French President > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all inquiries Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/ WikiWikiNewt for all kinds of articles: http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/ -- Message scanned by the Sheriff -- This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all inquiries Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/ WikiWikiNewt for all kinds of articles: http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/
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