Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Apple Newton, more than I thought
I just saw a video in PDAColombia (seen in Geekotic), showing the operation of the Apple Newton, the PDA that Apple sold between 1993 and 1998, but that did not get a sufficient success and finally ceased production. The video lasts eight minutes, but worth it.
What led me to comment here is the surprising amount of good ideas which had its front end:
- Move the selected text by dragging the stylus from one part to another of the screen,
- corrector to a dictionary that can add new words to the style of word processors,
- a vector drawing tool, which allows for easy ways to move within the drawing objects as if they were independent.
- the ability to write directly to the point of the screen you want, without having to start at the top left corner and go down to return coup,
- and many watermarks as a graphic animation to send a message to the Trash or shifting after a few seconds of the handwriting entered by the user to the machine as it recognizes the text, with a lot of credit for how well they seem to be even it is a monochrome screen and no backlight.
The Newton showing normal text, manuscript, a drawing by hand and forms vector in a note
The truth is that watching this video means the number of users of Newton who struggle to keep it alive. How is it possible that no manufacturer of PDAs has yet incorporated these ideas?
By: Mark Gonzalez Troyes Analysis Palm, Windows Mobile Analysis
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There is some program that allows emulate that sort of thing? such as a text editor with the same functions? edityor or a graphic with these facilities?
Seria muy bueno!
That's what I meant to write: not available or at least did not know him.
Wow that excellent ideas which displays the video ... some day learn to program in PalmOS ... I hope it is before the appearance of ALP ...
Realmemte what good would say that apart from the monochrome screen, is an excellent representative of the PDA and came at a time ... one that should not have been his fate if he had heccho at another time or circumstance.
Taking advantage of the trip is that there are emulators for the palm pc but I have not found the model TE2 you know about it?
thanks for your writing actually reported
The emulator is a single ... what happens is you require from the ROM from the Palm to be able to use it ... so if you have an E2, with the same emulator can extract the ROM and use it in the emulator ... Greetings
PD. I imagine you mean POSE
but it does not get the probe and ROM and not synchronized by the pda is restored ... well, thanks
Let's see if Mark can get the ROM from its E2 and yudarte.
Will see what I can do. However, registering at the site of ACCESS as a developer, you can download the free emulator and ROMs of the equipment we need.
jaja video of the last century ...
because the truth is that this seems better than writing graffiti. if you do not have to be adapted to other apple because it has patents SalU2 ...
Hey Mark! Excellent Post! Boquiaberto leaves me so many ideas as productive and original thought they had those Apple .... Each time I am most impressed (even though it jeje old comes to gadgets)
Marcos, a minor question, you have somewhere on your blog for topics off-topic? Besides, you know any spreadsheet palm for free? or some statistics calculator?
Thank you very much in advance!
PS: NOT YOUR BLOG NEVER DIES! I've been very attentive, and I think as I do, there must be many who love to read your posts. They are very interesting!