I do believe 2MB was more than Palm Pilot offered at the time. In addition the Newton has 2 expansion slots. Right now I have 32M. Can a Palm Pilot upgrade so easily. The answer is of course no. They make you by a new one.
I do agree that elegance seems to be a lost art. I should clarify something about the body size. The Palm Pilot is not a real working tool, it is and expexive spiral ring note book. Why? because the body size is too small for writing our a line of text, which is what I need to do. I need to be able to write reports, view, and edit them. This requires the screen to be of a usable size. The body size of the Newton had more to do with the human interface than technology.
As the user of a Newton Messagepad 2100, I've had access to the Internet via PDA for over a year and a half. Its a shame how those who embrace the future forget where the real innovation is comming from, i.e. Apple.
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Sorry, but not everyone had Quake or Doom or wants to. These games bore me. I'll take a good text adventure any day.
I do believe 2MB was more than Palm Pilot offered at the time. In addition the Newton has 2 expansion slots. Right now I have 32M. Can a Palm Pilot upgrade so easily. The answer is of course no. They make you by a new one.
I do agree that elegance seems to be a lost art. I should clarify something about the body size. The Palm Pilot is not a real working tool, it is and expexive spiral ring note book. Why? because the body size is too small for writing our a line of text, which is what I need to do. I need to be able to write reports, view, and edit them. This requires the screen to be of a usable size. The body size of the Newton had more to do with the human interface than technology.
As the user of a Newton Messagepad 2100, I've had access to the Internet via PDA for over a year and a half. Its a shame how those who embrace the future forget where the real innovation is comming from, i.e. Apple.