Re: [NTLK] Redefining the Newton

And besides all what Christian said, there’s the price handicap...
Newtons are cheap today but i’ve made an estimated sales price for a new
apple tablet (considering it a mix between an iPod Touch and a Macbook/Mac
mini) and it would be close to $700 or 600 €.
HWR is good if you’re english spoken, but i’m from Spain and the things
change a bit. Have half success with it and the synonims or word correctors
are a bit poor..., anyway it depends on the day (for this and other reasons
i use to think that my Newton is alive in someway...lol).
Finally I think that Apple with the Newton launch was so business men
orientated (even when they’ve launched the first desktops, Jobs thoughts
were on the side of a machine for serious works not games). Nowadays the
scope has changed, I see Apple like an entertainment/digital life company,
so any similitudes between a new apple tablet and an old business device
like the Newton was are rare IMHO.
It will bring a lot of Iwhatever (iphoto, ical, imovie, iwoz) but not so
well organized.

-- Borja Robles
Málaga (Spain)
MessagePad 2000
iMac 24", Leopard 10.5.6

On 06/01/09 16:03, "Lord Groundhog" <lordgroundhog@gmail.com> wrote:

> ~~~ On 2009/01/06 14:24, Borja Robles Maldonado at borjarm1@hotmail.com
> wrote ~~~
>
>> > I�m wondering too if the rumors about a new apple tablet are really true >>
and
>> > if they�re looking back at the Newton�s glory features and ways of organize
>> > things...
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> And according to recent posts about who owns which bits of code etc., some
> of the things I've described will be difficult or impossible. So any
> looking back at those "glory features" they might be doing is for reasons I
> can't fathom. But I'm still hopeful -- or is it desperate?
>
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> Shalom.
> Christian
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