◄ NewtVid: Wireless Newton demo
I like how the creator uses the Newton to speak with the audience. Also a cool demo of the wifi capabilities of the MessagePad 2000 – complete with Apple sticker. I’ll tackle the wifi project when I...
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◄ pNewton: the Hipster PDA MessagePad
When Merlin Mann, GTD guru and author of the 43 Folders blog, invented the Hipster PDA, he probably knew the adaptability of a plain index card idea holder would be infinite. Us Newton MessagePad...
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◄ iPhone stylus reviews by Macenstein
Macenstein does a great, in-depth review of two iPhone styluses after figuring that drawing with a finger is too hard to do. One is the Pogo stylus, which we’ve covered here before. The other is a...
View Article◄ Touch-screen Mac, circa 1993
Found a cool blog, System Folder, that highlights a technology called Mac ‘n’ Touch – a precursor to the finger-controlled iPhone. Author Rick Mori dug through an 1993 copy of MacUser and found this...
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◄ WritePad offers Newton-like features for the iPhone
There are a few iPhone apps available that attempt to mimick Newton features, such as an updated PocketMoney and a few sketching applications. The one that recently got my attention was WritePad by...
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◄ iPhone stylus in the wild
Saw this little beauty in a local auto parts store (!), right next to iPhone skins and car chargers. I like how it says “makes it EASY to use your iPhone.” Like using a finger is hard? Maybe if you...
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◄ Patent pending
Is this the new, rumored Apple tablet? Or an old patent filing from the MessagePad days of yore? The Next Web’s Boris says it’s an old Newton patent resurfacing, and that the rumored Apple tablet will...
View Article◄ Quote of the week: don’t miss it
“While it still surely has its niche uses, I personally don’t miss handwriting recognition. Not even a little. And I can’t help wondering if voice recognition will go the same way.” - Jeff Atwood at...
View Article◄ Quote of the week: magic, indeed
“What? No ‘Magic Stylus’ for my Newton? Lame.” - Grant Hutchinson, from Twitter, on the new Magic Trackpad. I’m excited about this, just because the trackpad on MacBook Pros are outstanding. The Magic...
View Article◄ iPad handwriting recognition apps found lacking
Brian Mikol at Atomic Firefly: While there’s clearly a range of active third-party development going on to bring handwriting recognition to the iPad, unfortunately in my tests they’re far from the...
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