Re: [NTLK] The day the Newton died it's final death...

        "The Day the Newton Died it's Final Death"? Geez... the drama.

        Listen, when the Atari 800 and it's line was superceeded by Atari with the ST, though the ST is a superior machine, the Atari 8-bit line continued to have a following. And to this day, developments for that platform by it's community continue at a bit quicker than it's 16 bit brother (the ST/TT/Falcon). :)

        Though the Newton died 10 years ago, Newton actually dies when you decide it is no longer useful or interesting.

        People still play with Lisa's and Apple ]I[ computers if that is any indication. :D

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[mailto:newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Marcus
Hammerschmitt
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:46 PM
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] The day the Newton died it's final death...

At 05:34 10.01.2007, you wrote:
>Hello all,

(...)

>Today, the Newton WAS pretty damn
>awesome, but now I welcome the future and it is the iPhone.

I might be talking from a minority position here, but as I use
my Newtons (2 x 2100, 1 x eMate) mainly as portable
writing devices (with all the other wonderful features
attached), I don't see how the iPhone even could even begin
to replace them. Plus I don't even own a mobile, because I
don't want one.

Is the iPhone impressive? In many ways. Convergence,
innovation, overall tech sexiness: you got it. But
unfortunately its screen is too small and text input
simply doesn't seem to be a key feature. Unless we
see a version with a somewhat larger screen width,
making good use of Inkwell and allowing for real keyboard
input too, the iPhone doesn't meet my needs.

Best,

Marcus

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