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Second Post-Apple Newton Life?
An anonymous reader with a lot of time on his hands writes "As seen on Slashdot b e f o r e, the Newton refuses to die. Since Apple discontinued it, it got ATA, WiFi, Bluetooth, Zeroconf and even a NES emulator. Now, several Mac news sites r e p o r t, Newton users founded an association with John Sculley, who pushed the Newton at Apple, as its honorary president. They're organizing a conference in Paris in September. How long until all these users switch to new hardware?"
About all the Newton was ever good for was changing TV channels on ceiling-hanging aiport monitors and fast-forwarding classroom VHS players. Beyond that the damn thing was heavy, delicate, poorly interfaced with the desktop and internet, and completely inept at uhderstanging mg hahdwriting. I don't understand the continued obsession. I guess I should RTFA and find out. Na...
obvious pyramid scheme. If any thing requires you to pull other people in in order to get something, it is a pyramid scheme. You may not lose anything but it appears to me that this one's main function is to build an email list for spamming or other purposes.
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