From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 11:29:25 PST
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 11:17:17PM -0500, PaulMmn wrote:
> I think that the reason the Newton grabs hold of us so well is that
> the Newton is a complete computer-- not a note pad, not a calendar,
> not a clock, but a complete computer. What other handhelds can
> handle all of the things the Newton can-- wireless, ethernet, modems,
> web serving, reading email, audio, video, etc. etc. etc.
One other bit that's very important to me is that I've never lost a
scrap of data with the newt. Even when something got hosed up enough to
require a brain wipe, it was always possible to back off the data first.
EXTREMELY reliable data storage is very attractive. I've heard so many
stories of "My Palm crashed and I lost everything since last sync..."
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among his army.
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