[NTLK] Newtonian Bliss at the RNC 2012 - Meeting the LG CEOs Newton Clone

[Chris Browder]

I'm hopeful that one day we will get a decent replacement. I was talking
about the names app and how it can add notes and affiliates, my loving
spouse told me that his blackberry could do this too (and I have a
blackberry...the only smartphone I cannot seem to kill). My problem with
Blackberry is that while I find it nice for communication in email and
text, its calendar and contacts system leaves something to be desired (as
does dialing 1-800-pick-ups or similar numbers). Perhaps I just never
figured out all the nuances, perhaps it's just short sighted design (the
iPhone has a lot of that in it still and historically had rather grave
shortsighted design "features"), either way I know what I need out of a
device. This has yet to be replaced in my eyes. I may struggle to get
vcards (prompting me to re-enter, by hand, every contact I have in the
various "clouds" out there...not a bad thing in the long-run, you get a
complete consolidation and can prune people you've not talked to in 5
years...or find out have passed on, in a few cases)...but I can still send
data off the device, and I can get most forms of data I'd need onto it via
email. Never really played games, just kinda business focused...have been
since I was 15.

Long live this wonderful creation. May one day it's intuitive nature be
reformed on a replacement device (preferably, one that can go a week on a
set of batteries/charge with backlight, wireless, and extensive input like
the device it is replacing).


On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:34 PM, William Maloney <
william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu> wrote:

> Looks like I've missed a few chapters.
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:26 PM, John Heinrichs <minicapt1 at mac.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 1.
> http://phatware.com/index.php?q=product/details/phatpad/phatpadforipad
> >
> >
> http://phatware.com/index.php?q=product/details/writepad/writepadforandroid
> > 2.  https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/phatpad/id406459946?mt=8
> >
> > 3.  http://www.tenonedesign.com/connect.php
> >
> > Cheers
> > John
> >  minicapt1 at mac.com
> >
> > On 25 Nov 12, at 20:14, William Maloney <william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This summer, I was a page at the Republican National Convention in
> Tampa
> > > for 2012. Being the geek I am, Newton came along in tow and was useful
> > when
> > > things died down. All the questions as usual:
> > >
> > > "What is that?"
> > > "How old is that thing?"
> > >
> > > I'm sure you all have heard these before!
> > >
> > > What was really cool was getting to be around all the action at the
> > > convention. We were required to help in the different VIP boxes within
> > the
> > > stadium. On the second night, I met up with several of Google and
> Apple's
> > > employees present at the convention. I talked with the Google folks
> about
> > > their strategies and then the Apple guys who turned out to be corporate
> > > lawyers.
> > >
> > > What really floored me was meeting the Korean CEO of LG. He was a
> really
> > > nice man and only about five foot four inches. I excitingly displayed
> my
> > LG
> > > Dare and he came back with a surprise. Proud to see me using one of his
> > > phones, he whipped out an LG Tablet/Pen Phone called the Optimus VU. At
> > the
> > > time, he said it was due for release in America sometime soon. His
> > version
> > > had Korean lettering on it and he displayed some of the scribbling
> > > features. I was absolutely floored. Could this be Newton's modern
> > > successor??? Granted, it had no handwriting recognition that I saw but
> my
> > > Dare does so it might be in there. It pains me that I did not show him
> my
> > > MP2100 while it was charging on the side. Perhaps it seemed out of
> place
> > > and silly at the time. Newton is just such a frigg'n badass, it might
> > have
> > > scared him. Still, it would have been cool to inspire someone with such
> > an
> > > old device that works so well. Amazing to think that something which
> came
> > > from one of Apple's most tumultuous eras was really quite kickass  -
> even
> > > by modern standards.
> > >
> > > It's okay though - I still have his card! For all we know, this story
> may
> > > continue..
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-unveils-optimus-vu-complete-43-aspect-ratio-and-stylus
> > >
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