Re: [NTLK] Is iPod Touch the Newtons future?

If you can't make a note, no folders, short battery.... Nothing to speak
about. Useless.

> This is a continuation of the iPod touch talk from the "[NTLK] [ADMIN] This is
> only a test" thread.
> I just got a 1st Gen refurb iPod Touch from apple (looked brand new!) and I've
> been very amazed with it. I'm not a newton power user in terms of the
> calendar/contacts and the info linking the newt can do so I could see me using
> the touch as its replacement for those functions. I also can do without the
> HWR since I usually end up using the onscreen keyboard on my newt because most
> of my data to enter doesn't like the HWR (gear charts for race cars, web
> addresses, etc.). If you use blackberry, treo, winmo, etc, getting the hang of
> the touch's keyboard shouldn't be too hard. The first data entry might be a
> pain if you do it manually but the touch can sync with address book and ical.
> Someone also mentioned the small screen, which I do agree is a little annoying
> but scrolling is easy with the touch screen and it keeps the device small. The
> multimedia and web on the touch is awesome compared to the newt. Some of the
> interface touches even remind me of the newt, like how the keyboar
> d and some other boxes glide on/off the display and the clicky sounds it
> makes when you type (although it doesn't have the overall interface sounds the
> newt has).
>

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Received on Sat Jan 17 04:22:06 2009