[NTLK] Newtonian Bliss at the RNC 2012 - Meeting the LG CEOs Newton Clone

[William Maloney]

Looks like I've missed a few chapters.

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:26 PM, John Heinrichs <minicapt1 at mac.com> wrote:

> 1.  http://phatware.com/index.php?q=product/details/phatpad/phatpadforipad
>
> http://phatware.com/index.php?q=product/details/writepad/writepadforandroid
> 2.  https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/phatpad/id406459946?mt=8
>
> 3.  http://www.tenonedesign.com/connect.php
>
> Cheers
> John
>  minicapt1 at mac.com
>
> On 25 Nov 12, at 20:14, William Maloney <william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > This summer, I was a page at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
> > for 2012. Being the geek I am, Newton came along in tow and was useful
> when
> > things died down. All the questions as usual:
> >
> > "What is that?"
> > "How old is that thing?"
> >
> > I'm sure you all have heard these before!
> >
> > What was really cool was getting to be around all the action at the
> > convention. We were required to help in the different VIP boxes within
> the
> > stadium. On the second night, I met up with several of Google and Apple's
> > employees present at the convention. I talked with the Google folks about
> > their strategies and then the Apple guys who turned out to be corporate
> > lawyers.
> >
> > What really floored me was meeting the Korean CEO of LG. He was a really
> > nice man and only about five foot four inches. I excitingly displayed my
> LG
> > Dare and he came back with a surprise. Proud to see me using one of his
> > phones, he whipped out an LG Tablet/Pen Phone called the Optimus VU. At
> the
> > time, he said it was due for release in America sometime soon. His
> version
> > had Korean lettering on it and he displayed some of the scribbling
> > features. I was absolutely floored. Could this be Newton's modern
> > successor??? Granted, it had no handwriting recognition that I saw but my
> > Dare does so it might be in there. It pains me that I did not show him my
> > MP2100 while it was charging on the side. Perhaps it seemed out of place
> > and silly at the time. Newton is just such a frigg'n badass, it might
> have
> > scared him. Still, it would have been cool to inspire someone with such
> an
> > old device that works so well. Amazing to think that something which came
> > from one of Apple's most tumultuous eras was really quite kickass  - even
> > by modern standards.
> >
> > It's okay though - I still have his card! For all we know, this story may
> > continue..
> >
> >
> http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-unveils-optimus-vu-complete-43-aspect-ratio-and-stylus
> >
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