[NTLK] Public WiFi

Forrest Buffenmyer anasazi4st at me.com
Wed Feb 17 13:31:53 EST 2010


Yes...and let's not forget the best reason (for me at least) to choose the Newt over the iPAQ:

It's not Windows!

--Forrest



>It's a great little device...despite its Windows Mobile 2003 OS and non-HWR capabilities...but why carry two? Performance-wise, it's all over the Newton--plays music, it's small and compact, has a full color screen...but I'll take the MP any day.
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>Thanks for all the help, though.
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>	I think the answer is the Newton is a nice little tablet that has a good screen.
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>	It is Nook and Kindle sized (bookreaders) and is a little bit thicker, but unlike them, has a backlight.  :)
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>	The Newton for what it is can be quite nice, and while setup for applications on the Newton might take some doing the end result is quite nice.
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>	As for the hotspot finder, I say ask the people that work at the location.  Maybe they won't know THAT particular time, but you can get it worked out in a visit or two.  Or just ask someone with a laptop to look it up.
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>	Of course, what keeps the Newton from having an app that can do it?
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