[NTLK] Using Newton - Simple Pleasures

[Doug Ramsay]

It only makes sense that developers create software apps that have the capability of the Newton HWR, ESPECIALLY now that the iPad is reality. I don't plan on purchasing one soon, but I thought HWR would be built in to the iPad and work at least as good as that of the MP 2100. Thanks for all the good references. They've certainly brought me up to date on who's doing what for HWR.Doug

> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:40:55 -0400
> From: "L.W. Brown" <lwb at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Using Newton - Simple Pleasures
> To: "newtontalk at newtontalk.net" <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
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> Also Penultimate (large notebooks & quite pretty to look at) & SpeedText (quick notes) - tho both just record as pictures.
> 
> Would be nice to have some of the best features from all 5 of these in one app...
> 
> L.W. Brown via ?Pad
> 
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 20:18, "J.M. Heinrichs" <minicapt1 at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> > Check the following:
> > 1.  http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/writepad-for-ipad/id363618389?mt=8
> > 2.  http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/noteshelf/id392188745?mt=8
> > 3.  http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/note-taker-hd/id366572045?mt=8
> > 
> > Cheers
> > J.M. Heinrichs
> > ? minicapt1 at mac.com
> > 
> > On 29 Oct 10, at 17:09, James Steven Salibo wrote:
> > 
> >> I have several Newton Models (MP, 130, Marco, eMate) that I have used
> >> through the years.  While I am still using most of them to some degree, I
> >> would like to get an iPad to carry into client's offices to take notes on.
> >> Can anyone recommend a good stylus input note taking app for the iPad.  I do
> >> not need a Graffiti like application; I would be satisfied with just being
> >> able to take notes in "electronic ink" and then transfer to my Windows
> >> Laptop.  If it converted to text, then all the better. 
> >> 
> >> J. Steven Salibo
> >> 281-220-1061
> >> jsalibo at comcast.net
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net
> >> [mailto:newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Forrest Buffenmyer
> >> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 6:38 PM
> >> To: NewtonTalk
> >> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Using Newton - Simple Pleasures
> >> 
> >>> 
> >> <snip>
> >> 
> >>>> While I agree that Graffiti was not the answer, the much larger and even
> >>>> primal handwriting issue that Newton EXCELS at, is.  I could care less
> >> that
> >>>> the first version did not work well.  Ever try the first version of DOS?
> >> Or
> >>>> drive a model T?  Didn't seem to stop your further exploration.  From the
> >> time
> >>>> we first pick up a crayon and see the empty canvas of the wall, writing
> >> is
> >>>> ingrained.  The most revered writing is your signature.  We place
> >> ultimate
> >>>> conviction in handwriting.  I am at a loss to understand the lack of
> >> interest
> >>>> if fostering this form of user input.  Sorry, just my personal vent at
> >> the
> >>>> windmill.  Frustrating when you know it can be done right, because it
> >> has, by
> >>>> our green friend.
> >>>> 
> >> <snip>
> >> 
> >> After trying to learn Graffiti (I like to know what I'm criticising), hell,
> >> I'd rather type on a virtual keyboard like the iPad's (or even the
> >> iPhone's!) any time! :)
> >>> 
> >> <snip>
> >> 
> >> The basic Graffiti was very easy to learn; Graffiti 2 (a.k.a. Jot) was much
> >> harder.
> >> --
> >> 
> >> I had a HandSpring Visor about10 years ago...I soon learned that Graffiti
> >> wasn't actually writing, it was more the process of making calculated
> >> strokes in a little square pad area that (hopefully) translated into letters
> >> and words on the screen. While some could argue that the foregoing is a
> >> rough definition of the act of writing, in reality the two are very very
> >> different. From a writer's perspective, there's great pleasure in
> >> writing--actually, on the screen--with electronic ink.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> --Forrest
> >> -- 
> >> "Newton, come here...I need you." --Alexander MessagePad Bell
> >> (Sent wirelessly from my NT MP2100 using Mail V)
> >> 
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