[NTLK] What was old is New again

Forrest Buffenmyer newton_phoenix at mindspring.com
Sun Apr 8 13:26:50 EDT 2018


Two words: HP Jornada. I loved the form factor, although by the time I located an inexpensive one it was 99% obsolete (for ex.: it had a dial-up modem built in). Perhaps that’s why it was inexpensive (?!?).

Spoiler alert: it had WinCE. (Ugh.)

Mahalo,
Forrest 

Sent from my iPad Pro 9.7"

> On Apr 2, 2018, at 4:33 AM, Aaron Brigati <abrigati at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have one of these, and I love it. It's replaced my Blackberry Priv as my primary phone.
> 
> I use it in conjunction with a Pebble smartwatch for notifications.
> 
> Some of the software on it is still pretty beta, but all the basic functions work right in Android. The Debian Linux install works, but is more limited (no 4G yet.)
> 
> 
>> On Apr 2, 2018, at 04:00, Ermin Mistica <erminmistica at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Funny how this form factor is coming back, at least in this instance.
>> 
>> All they need is a Symbian OS skin or emulator. Psion Series 5mx anyone?
>> 
>> Check out Planet Gemini PDA on Uncrate
>> https://uncrate.com/planet-gemini-pda/
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