Does anyone here remember the Apple Newton?
I had one. It was the last incarnation of the device before Jobs decided to ‘can it.’
I had grown quite attached to this device.
(its demise is one of the reasons why I will probably never own another Apple.)
The thing I liked about the Newtown was that it was truly portable and fluid, communication and computing.
Nothing like the bulk of a laptop, and much more intuitive and useful then a PDA running Windows Mobile.
I think the Newton is what Microsoft is aiming for with the Origami project, but being Microsoft, they can't help designing things in their marketing department.
I’m hoping the N95 is able to replace my Newton.
I want ‘casual computing,’ this is a term borrowed from the ‘casual gaming’ ethos.
I want to be able to whip out a hand held device and do mail, or games, or web browse during the ‘in-between’ moments.
I know, I know, this is what everyone is trying to build.
Well how come it's so difficult to get the mix right?
Why is it, that there are so many little videos showing us what is coming in the future, but no one is able to drop the mother load right now?
I reckon its cause Marketing departments don't want to release the unit to the market in perfection.
They just love to drip feed functionality to the consumer, until finally after shelling out our bucks for all the past iterations, we get a device that works brilliantly.
I reckon the N95 could come the closest (after years of faffing around by Nokia) to replacing my Newton.
That said, though the Newton was brilliant, a lot of people reckon it never made any money for Apple.
I remember the Newton. Didn't own one, but had a friend who had one and he went on and on about it...his nickname was Mac. And then he went on to work for Microsoft. Followed by HP to work on the iPaq. Not sure where he's now... lost touch.
ReplyDeleteOops, went terribly off topic. Don't know enough about the Newton to compare, but I hope N95 will meet and exceed your expectations :)