I would urge both: showing what was already available "way back when,"
and then demonstrating the promise in the platform (and in the quasi-
FOSS Newton community) by showing what has been accomplished in later
years...
On 1. Feb., 2009, at 11:44 AM, Frank Lowney wrote:
> At first I thought that showing a few of the more popular apps in use
> around 1997 or so would be the right way to pay tribute to the Newton
> and its influence upon all subsequent devices in this genre. However,
> further reflection suggests to me that showing the things that have
> been be done on the Newton that parallel things that people are using
> iPhones do with their mobile device might be better. WiFi, Web
> Browsing, E-Mail, etc.
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