Re: [NTLK] Newton still thrills.

Great story! Thanks for sharing it.
People always look at my MP2000 and ask, 'what the heck is that?' When I
show them, they all ask, 'where can I get one?'

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Joel M. Sciamma <
joel@inventors-emporium.co.uk> wrote:

> For some years I have been selling Newtons to arborists for
> conducting tree surveys, loaded with (registered) copies of NewtDB
> and some other utilities. The Newt has beaten out every other hand-
> held platform for those who have tried it because it never loses data
> and the battery life is so good.
>
> I had a call yesterday from an IT guy who had been tasked by one of
> my clients to develop another DB template on his behalf and, having
> never seen or heard of the Newton before, had some small difficulties
> in getting it working which we resolved in a few minutes, to his
> obvious delight.
>
> In the course of the conversation, I can only describe his state of
> mind as being enchantment with this 'new' device. He had gone from
> zero to creating a working database on a machine he never knew
> existed and couldn't believe was such a pleasure to work with.
>
> Enchantment - what more can one ask?
>
> Joel.
>
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