Re: [NTLK] Back in the Newton Fold

Heh. And here I am, working in an Excel spreadsheet using my
bluetooth keyboard attached to my iPaq.

On 8/29/07, Steven Frank <stevenf@panic.com> wrote:
> On Aug 28, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Albert wrote:
> > What is it about the Newton that pulls me back even though I have a
> > very capable organizer in my Smartphone? It's personality. The
> > Newton as a device has a personality. In the way that my thoughts
> > on the Newton are stored like a diary. Not so with a Pocket PC, no
> > sirree.. On a Windows machine, everything is a file with a file
> > name and location. With my Newton it's just like my personal
> > journal. It's also all the little things like erasing words by
> > crossing them out, much like you would do in real life. And
> > deleting files has a nice animation of the paper crumpling up and
> > thrown in the trash!
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> Damn it, damn it, every time I think I'm officially done with the
> Newton (except for recreational noodling), along comes a message like
> this one, and I'm just nodding my head in agreement, and reaching
> into the drawer to pull the lovable ol' brick back out.
>
> Hey, what's new with NCX these days? :)
>
> Steven
> http://panic.com/
> http://stevenf.com/
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