Re: [NTLK] Newton still thrills.

Stories like this are inspiring.
They remind us about the Newt's ongoing applicability and how people just
can't help being curious about them.
Andy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Cook" <mindstage@gmail.com>
To: <newtontalk@newtontalk.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:59 AM
Subject: 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.

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