Re: [NTLK] OT iPhone => (Formerly: newtontalk Digest V9 #256)

Lord Groundhog wrote:
> ~~~ On 2009/06/15 19:46, Dennis B. Swaney at romad@aol.com wrote ~~~
>
>> The iPhone is the 21st Century Newton, so
>>
>
> Errr, no. the iPhone is an anaemic, sickly runt-of-the-litter compared to
> the Newton. It's a throwback (in both senses, IMHO) -- a step backwards in
> a march of evolution, as if the makers of the Ferrari decided that their
> next car was going to be the 1965 Corvair. It's "all mouth and no
> trousers". Full marks for connectivity flashy UI, it's true, but the real
> focus for some of us is not how slick is the interface but how productive
> are the apps and method of working in them.
>

We'll have to agree to disagree on this.

I can do a heck of a lot more on my iPhone than I ever could on my
Newton(s). The only thing that I can't do is hwr and who knows what a
future update will add. My most useful apps are updated versions of ones
that were on the Newton, or ones that could never have been created for
the Newton.

-- 
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is 
... oh, never mind."
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