[NTLK] iPhone is not the new Newton (was Re: New members)

[Edward Kenworthy]

I'd agree with that. My iPhone is basically an iPod with a (mediocre) 'phone attached. Which suits me as I use my iPod a lot and my mobile phone hardly at all so it saves having two devices. But a descendent of the Newton it is not.

On 26 Dec 2009, at 03:36, dograt at earthlink.net wrote:

> 
> On Dec 25, 2009, at 6:42 PM, George Japaridze wrote:
> 
>> გამარჯობათ,
>> 
>> მეც ახალი წევრი ვარ,  
>> ახლახანს შევიძინე  
>> ნიუტონი, წერილების დაფა 2100.
> 
> And can you imagine what a small, slim, green and capable powerhouse  
> the Newt would be if development had continued in, say, an alternate  
> universe?
> 
> I've heard people say the iPhone is the Newt's soul incarnate, but I  
> don't see that at all.
> 
> dave
> 
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