[NTLK] Using Newton - Simple Pleasures

[J.M. Heinrichs]

Check the following:
1.  http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/writepad-for-ipad/id363618389?mt=8
2.  http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/noteshelf/id392188745?mt=8
3.  http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/note-taker-hd/id366572045?mt=8

Cheers
J.M. Heinrichs
 minicapt1 at mac.com

On 29 Oct 10, at 17:09, James Steven Salibo wrote:

> I have several Newton Models (MP, 130, Marco, eMate) that I have used
> through the years.  While I am still using most of them to some degree, I
> would like to get an iPad to carry into client's offices to take notes on.
> Can anyone recommend a good stylus input note taking app for the iPad.  I do
> not need a Graffiti like application; I would be satisfied with just being
> able to take notes in "electronic ink" and then transfer to my Windows
> Laptop.  If it converted to text, then all the better. 
> 
> J. Steven Salibo
> 281-220-1061
> jsalibo at comcast.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Forrest Buffenmyer
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 6:38 PM
> To: NewtonTalk
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Using Newton - Simple Pleasures
> 
>> 
> <snip>
> 
>>> While I agree that Graffiti was not the answer, the much larger and even
>>> primal handwriting issue that Newton EXCELS at, is.  I could care less
> that
>>> the first version did not work well.  Ever try the first version of DOS?
> Or
>>> drive a model T?  Didn't seem to stop your further exploration.  From the
> time
>>> we first pick up a crayon and see the empty canvas of the wall, writing
> is
>>> ingrained.  The most revered writing is your signature.  We place
> ultimate
>>> conviction in handwriting.  I am at a loss to understand the lack of
> interest
>>> if fostering this form of user input.  Sorry, just my personal vent at
> the
>>> windmill.  Frustrating when you know it can be done right, because it
> has, by
>>> our green friend.
>>> 
> <snip>
> 
> After trying to learn Graffiti (I like to know what I'm criticising), hell,
> I'd rather type on a virtual keyboard like the iPad's (or even the
> iPhone's!) any time! :)
>> 
> <snip>
> 
> The basic Graffiti was very easy to learn; Graffiti 2 (a.k.a. Jot) was much
> harder.
> --
> 
> I had a HandSpring Visor about10 years ago...I soon learned that Graffiti
> wasn't actually writing, it was more the process of making calculated
> strokes in a little square pad area that (hopefully) translated into letters
> and words on the screen. While some could argue that the foregoing is a
> rough definition of the act of writing, in reality the two are very very
> different. From a writer's perspective, there's great pleasure in
> writing--actually, on the screen--with electronic ink.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Forrest
> -- 
> "Newton, come here...I need you." --Alexander MessagePad Bell
> (Sent wirelessly from my NT MP2100 using Mail V)
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