Admittedly, my only experience with a Newton type handheld is some old device with a keyboard released just before the whole line died out (ugly green case too. Product names?). The handwriting recognition was interesting, and I remember my computer teacher writing something and then doing his signature, and the signature was NOT converted to text. Interesting.
Either way, I just got a Palm IIIe. It's the stripper model, but it's very nice. It does all I need, and more. If the Newton had the pricing of the Palm series (a neat trick at the time), it would have survived a bit longer. Nevertheless, those devoted Newton freaks should keep supporting their platform. I'll stick with my Palm, though.
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Admittedly, my only experience with a Newton type handheld is some old device with a keyboard released just before the whole line died out (ugly green case too. Product names?). The handwriting recognition was interesting, and I remember my computer teacher writing something and then doing his signature, and the signature was NOT converted to text. Interesting. Either way, I just got a Palm IIIe. It's the stripper model, but it's very nice. It does all I need, and more. If the Newton had the pricing of the Palm series (a neat trick at the time), it would have survived a bit longer. Nevertheless, those devoted Newton freaks should keep supporting their platform. I'll stick with my Palm, though.