From: LARRY YOUNG (saillar_at_mac.com)
Date: Sat Jan 21 2006 - 18:11:20 PST
I am very pleased with the news that came out of San Francisco and I
relayed that news onto Figlabs who I have been in contact with.
http://www.figlabs.com/catalog/aboutus.php
Rather than going on in a lengthy spiel, I will let you read our
latest e-mail. But I would like to say, Paul would like to see other
developers pick up on this and help with the project and if Figlabs
could give us what we want, an updated Newton OS on a new piece of
hardware, who's interested? How much are willing to pay for an
upgraded Newton that has all the bells and whistles? Is there a
market for it and how big? We are on the edge of something new and
great and if Apple won't build it why can't we do it. The hardware is
out there and now the operating system has a possibility to open up.
If we look to Steve Jobs for our inspiration, he moved from IBM to
INTEL and we can move from Apple to you name it, anything Linux based.
I have one question, the ROM. Apple owns the ROM and does that mean
that anyone wanting to load up Einstein on another platform needs to
own a Newton and the ROM can not be duplicated or transferred to a
third party? If that is the case, without rewriting a new ROM, the
future is limited to the number of Newtons still around.
Larry Young
St Thomas/San Francisco
From: mark.melling_at_figlabs.com
Subject: Re: Enquiry from Fig Labs
Date: January 21, 2006 8:11:12 AM GMT-04:00
To: saillar_at_mac.com
Cc: support_at_figlabs.com
Hi Larry,
We had some initial goes at getting this working, but no joy yet, but
we've not given up. We're going to contact the developer and see if
these can be resolved.
If we got this working and offered the Zaurus with the Newton
emulator pre-installed, do you think there would be a market for
this? Any idea how big it might be?
Best regards
Mark
LARRY YOUNG wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> A lot has happened since we last conversed, for us Apple users,
> Macworld took place in San Francisco and new products introduced.
> Following on it's heals came the World Wide Newton Convention, much
> smaller. The good news out of the WWNC was a presentation of the
> Newton operating system running on a Zaurus 5500. I have attached a
> few links with pictures. This is exciting news for us Newton users.
>
>
> http://www.tow.com/2006/01/14/wwnc-2006/
>
> Einstein site: http://www.kallisys.com/newton/einstein/
>
> http://www.kallisys.com/newton/einstein/einstein-slides-2006.pdf
>
> Pictures of Newton OS running on Nokia 770 http://www.kallisys.com/
> newton/einstein/einstein-slides-2006.pdf
>
> http://www.tuaw.com/2006/01/18/newton-os-on-a-nokia-770/
>
> I know you have a lot of Zaurus' at your disposal, if you decide to
> try and load it and play with it, I would be interested in your
> comments.
>
> Larry Young
> WNA Member
>
>
On Dec 29, 2005, at 12:54 AM, LARRY YOUNG wrote:
Adam
Sharp introduced a new Zaurus in June of 2005. To correct a
misconception, Sharp didn't stop making the Zaurus in recent time, it
quit importing certain models and doesn't import all models. They are
brought in through resellers who change the ROM to English. The
newest model has a 4 gb HD w/ supposably good HWR. And also is Linux
based. The latest model is a clamshell design w/ rotating screen that
lays down on the keyboard, much like Tablet PC's. In reviewing the
website on the NOKIA 770, it looks very impressive but I don't like
the fact that you cant write directly to the screen, confined to an
entry block. I read where it will connect to OSX. Good Sign.
Next month in SF at the WWNC they will be discussing the future of
the Newton and Einstein. I believe a discussion should start now so
when they arrive in SF they have an idea what people are thinking and
have face to face discussions about what we discuss here. I believe
we have to be realistic and not get too wish list oriented. It means
that people should do their homework and investigate the models and
platforms that will be candidates for Einstein. I have heard we
should wait and see what Apple plans on doing with the iPod and maybe
they will put an operating system on it w/ HWR. If they don't
announce anything next month at the Apple WWC we should start getting
serious about moving the Newton OS to a new and modern platform. I
got an e-mail from a support tech in Europe from the Zaurus site and
he was curious why I still used the Newton. After much thought, I
gave him an eye full. I surprised myself when I finished writing
about the Newton and how much I praised it. Still the best PDA out
there but it is losing ground.
On Dec 28, 2005, at 7:38 PM, Adam Ladds wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:33:54 -0500, mkow1234_at_aol.com wrote:
>
IMHO, the Nokia 770 (no it isn't a phone) is quite a good idea, it
runs linux and even has a flat stylus, a la OMP, I always liked that
design. It also has Wifi and Bluetooth built in and they said that in
a future update they might have screen rotation, In fact I think I
might get one anyway, even if Einstein isn't ported to it, but it
would be a brilliant platform to develop it on, it's even based on
the ARM9 processor! (it's also still in production, unlike the Zarus.
Or was that someone else that stopped making PDAs, I think it was
SHARP.....)
cheers,
Adam
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