The Newton Lives on!

fran441fran441
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in iPod + iTunes + AppleTV edited January 2014
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A very good article and a must read.

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  • Reply 1 of 10
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    I have an 120. and I wanted to buy a 2100 from torifile, but in the last minute he jumped back.



    fran, do you know where I can get a newton 2100 for some decent money. I live in Switzerland...so things are a little bit more complicated.
  • Reply 2 of 10
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member




  • Reply 3 of 10
    pevepeve Posts: 518member
    [quote]Originally posted by Defiant:

    <strong>(...) do you know where I can get a newton 2100 for some decent money. I live in Switzerland...so things are a little bit more complicated.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    ebay in switzerland has one on right <a href="http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1376335862"; target="_blank">now</a>



    good luck!



    newton rocks!
  • Reply 4 of 10
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    thank you, peve
  • Reply 5 of 10
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    Newton is dead and perhaps deservedly so. It has been reported that during it's time Apple was losing money on each Newton they sold. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />



    Yet it is clear that the technology was weel ahead of anything at to come out then and just about everything since (untill very recently)



    People clamour for a tablet. I think tablets stink. Newton, though, might be the perfect PDA/tablet device. It's small, you can hold it with one hand. It's big, you can't just put it in any pocket, but you can actually read the screen!



    Today, take one StrongArm proc, a case of the same length and width (but thinner), a li-poly battery, and as much edge-to-edge screen as can possibly be fit into the former Newton's dimensions (high dpi, high contrast reflective screen, 720x480) and some advanced media reader technology, and you would get a very good tablet device.



    Too bad it isn't happening.
  • Reply 6 of 10
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Agreed, but I'd fit the form factor to the screen - at that point, it's barely larger than a Palm. Take the Newton screen, add a small edge (1/4"? Less?), and that's it. Voila. It would mean moving the batteries (polymer pack, anyone?), and probably moving/removing the PCCard slot/s. But it could definitely fit into the smaller form factor as is.
  • Reply 7 of 10
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    go to FH, Kids
  • Reply 8 of 10
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    Discussion of a rebuilt Newton can take place here in the Digital Hub. Especially for those pining for the Newton.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    jambojambo Posts: 3,036member
    [quote]Originally posted by Fran441:

    <strong>Especially for those pining for the Newton. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Just who could he mean?? :confused:
  • Reply 10 of 10
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    who knows ?

    me, probably ?
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